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Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

(French, active 1774–1801)
(French, 1734–1817)
(French, 1750–1818)
(French, born in 1760)
(French, 1668–1747)
(French, 1731–1793)
(French)
1795
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 100 etching and engravings
DimensionsOverall (each vol., depth variable): 22.5 x 14.5 x 4.2 cm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.1473a-b
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Paris: Didot jeune, for Janet and Hubert, 1795
ProvenanceUnidentified pen initials on front flyleaf "E. F. P.[?}"; Albert Britnell, bookseller, Toronto, Canada (his No. 16 [new series] Toronto Second-Hand Book Circular Aug. 1923, cat. 1); from whom acquired in 1923 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.