Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Sebastien Le Clerc, chevalier romain, dessinateur & graveur du cabinet du Roi.

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Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Sebastien Le Clerc, chevalier romain, dessinateur & graveur du cabinet du Roi.

Illustrated by: Charles-Pierre Jombert (French, born in 1748/49)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Author: Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784)
Author: Sébastien Leclerc (French, 1637–1714)
Publisher: Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784)

1774

Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with one etching and engraving

Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 19.8 x 13.3 x 3.5 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, by exchange

Accession NumberBR728-729

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Paris: l'Auteur [i.e., Jombert], 1774

Description(Paris: l'Auteur [i.e., Jombert], 1774) Octavo, two vols.; [v. 1] 209 leaves, plus 1 plate; [v. 2] 184 ll.; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf (rebacked).

Allegorical frontispiece with portrait of Leclerc.

ProvenanceAuthor's[?] autograph presentation on preliminary leaf [recipient's name effaced]; contemporary ownership inscription on title; John Witt Randall (1813-1892); his sister Belinda L. Randall; her gift to Harvard College, from whom purchased by MFA, January 1898.