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Encyclopédie (VII) (section on Dessein)

(French, 1713–1784)
(French, about 1735–about 1804)
(French, 1723–1774)
(French, born about 1722)
(French, 1698–1762)
(French, 1732–1806)
1771
Medium/TechniqueTwelve pages of text and 38 etched plates by various artists
DimensionsOverall: 38.6 x 25 x .6 cm (15 3/16 x 9 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession number2002.448
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceEleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA; bequest to MFA, Oct. 23, 2002
Salt Notes
James Brown
1990
Perfection, Way, Origin
Terry Winters
2001
The Thrill Came Slowly
Lesley Dill
1996
Nadia Coën
1988–1992, published 1993
Engraving by Jean Jacques André Leveau; Page 251
Jean de La Fontaine
1762
Roger Brown
1983
Jean Dubuffet
1945, published 1950
Jean Dubuffet
1945, published 1950
Jean Dubuffet
1945, published 1950