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"L'Ecrevisse et Sa Fille" Fable 223
Fables choisies, mises en verse
"L'Ecrevisse et Sa Fille" Fable 223

Fables choisies, mises en verse

Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)
Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760)
Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Laurent Cars (French, 1699–1771)
Pierre Quentin Chedel (French, 1705–1762)
Pierre Chenu (French, born in 1730)
Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Louis Legrand (French, 1723–1807)
Louis Simon Lempereur (French, 1725–1796)
Pierre Etienne Moitte (French, 1722–1780)
Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711–1771)
Jean Michel Papillon (French, 1698–1776)
Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691–1764)
Jean Jacques Bachelier (French, 1724–1806)
Michel Guillaume Aubert (French, 1700–1757)
Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais (French, 1687–1763)
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (French, 1731–1797)
Justus (Juste) Chevillet (French, 1729–1802)
Catherine Elisabeth (Cousinet) Lempereur (French, born in 1726)
Nicolas Gabriel Dupuis (French, 1698–1771)
Pierre-Jean Duret (French, born in 1729)
J.-A. Defehrt (French, 1723–1774)
Etienne Fessard (French, 1714–1777)
Jean Jacques Flipart (French, 1719–1782)
Per Gustaf Floding (Swedish, 1731–1791)
Robert Gaillard (French, 1722–1785)
Claude Olivier Gallimard (French, 1720–1774)
Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–1783)
Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Martin Marvie (French, 1713–1813)
J. Menil (French, 18th century)
Pierre (Pitre) Martenasie (Flemish, worked in France, died in 1770?)
Johann Heinrich Rode (German, 1727–1759)
J. F. Poletnich (Bohemian, worked in France and Russia, active 1750–1780)
Jean Pelletier (French, born in 1736)
Antoine Radigues (French, worked in Russia, 1721–1809)
Pierre Pasquier (French, about 1730–1806)
Manuel Salvador Carmona (Spanish, 1734–1820)
Desaint & Saillant (French, 18th century)
Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784)
1755–59
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 276 etching and engravings, plus numerous woodcut vignettes
DimensionsOverall (each vol., slight variants): 40.9 x 29 x 5 cm (16 1/8 x 11 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession number01.8576.3
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, for Desaint & Saillant, and Durand, 1755-59
ProvenanceGardner Brewer [bookplate]; 1901, bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft to the MFA. (Accession date: February 4, 2015)