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Jean Duplessi-Bertaux
(French, 1750–1818)
Louis Godefroid Dreppe
(Belgian, 1739–1782)
Pierre-Louis Durand
(French, 18th century)
Jean de La Fontaine
(French, 1621–1695)
François Marie Arouet de Voltaire
(French, 1694–1778)
Claude Perrault
(French, 1613–1688)
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Willart de Grécourt
(French, 1684–1743)
Claude Joseph Dorat
(French, 1734–1780)
Hubert-Martin Cazin
(French, 1724–1795)
1778
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 120 etching and engravings
DimensionsOverall (each vol., depth variable): 13 x 8.5 x 2.4 cm (5 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.1625a-d
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
"Londres" [i.e., Paris: Cazin] 1778
ProvenanceJoseph Knight (bookplate dated 1883); acquired in 1905 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.
J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard)
1837
Jean Duplessi-Bertaux