Traité du sublime. A Monsieur Despréaux.
Silvain
(French, 18th century)
Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
(1636–1711)
Pierre Prault
(French, active about 1714–1760)
1732
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniquePrinted book, unillustrated
DimensionsOverall: 16.5 x 10.5 x 3 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis in memory of her husband Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number27.1423
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Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
Paris: Pierre Prault, 1732
ProvenanceLouis XV (1710-1774, King of France); various early ownership inscriptions; armorial bookplate with motto "Propositi tenax"; William Southworth; [... Saul?] (inscrip. verso front flyleaf: "The Gift of my Friend Wm. Southworth Esqr. of Bolton [...Saul?] June [...] 1817"; Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844-1922, his inscrip. "H G C 12/12/90"; his widow, by whom bequeathed to MFA, June 2 and July 21, 1927 [received 1940].
