Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux
L. J. Lefebvre
(French, active end of 18th–beginning of 19th century)
Jacques-Joseph Coiny
(French, 1761–1809)
Abbé Prévost
(French, 1697–1763)
Pierre Didot
(French, 1761–1853)
Bleuet
(18th century)
1797
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with eight etching and engravings
DimensionsOverall (each vol.): 13.1 x 8.8 x 1.9 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.1661a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, for Bleuet, 1797
ProvenanceJean-Anatole Eudes de Boistertre (1810-1892, armorial bookplate); Sir David Salomons Bart. (armorial bookplate); Léon Mercier (booklabel); acquired from Damascene Morgand, Paris, in 1910 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.