Les hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce siècle
Gérard Edelinck
(French, 1640–1707)
Jacques Lubin
(French, about 1659–after 1703)
Sébastien Leclerc
(French, 1637–1714)
Louis Simonneau
(French, 1654–1727)
Pieter (Pierre-Louis) van Schuppen
(Flemish (worked in France), 1627–1702)
Claude Duflos
(French, 1665–1727)
Robert Nanteuil
(French, 1623–1678)
Pierre Le Sueur I
(French, 1636–1716)
François Tortebat
(about 1621–1690)
Philippe de Champaigne
(French, 1602–1674)
Eustache Le Sueur
(French, 1616–1655)
Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud
(French, 1659–1743)
Simon François
(French, 1606–1671)
Nicolas Mignard
(French, 1606–1668)
Jakob Ferdinand Voet
(Flemish, 1639–1700)
Sylvain Bonnet
(French, born about 1650)
Roger de Piles
(French, 1635–1709)
Florent de La Mare-Richart
(French, about 1630–1718)
Jacques van Schuppen
(Flemish (worked in France), 1670–1751)
F. C. de La Grange
(French, active about 1670)
Charles Perrault
(French, 1628–1703)
Antoine Dezallier
(French, died in 1719)
1696–1700
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 102 full-page engravings, plus engraved vignettes
DimensionsOverall (Vol. 1): 44.2 x 30 x 3.5 cm (17 3/8 x 11 13/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Overall (Vol. 2): 45.6 x 30 x 4 cm (17 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Overall (Vol. 2): 45.6 x 30 x 4 cm (17 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Fund
Accession number29.1953
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1696-1700
ProvenanceContemporary ownership inscription on title; C.P. Libbie & Co., Boston, auction sale December 12, 1890, from which purchased by William Henry Whitmore, Boston (1836-1900); William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom given to MFA, September 1929.
Paul Gavarni (Hippolyte Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier)
1840–42