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Vita Nova

Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943)
Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265–1321)
Henry Cochin (French, 1854–1926)
Jacques Camille (French)
Georges Beltrand (French)
Société du livre contemporain
Imprimerie Nationale
1907
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with color woodcuts
DimensionsOverall: 31.2 x 23.1 x 3.2 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Fund
Accession number2016.50
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
Provenance1907, printed for Charles Freund Deschamps (b. 1846 d 1921), Paris; February 26 March 2, 1923, posthumous Deschamps sale, Bibliothèque de M. Charles Freund Deschamps, Hôtel Drouot (salle 8), Paris, lot 150, sold for Ffr 5,450. About 2012, purchased in Paris by Michael R. Weintruab, Inc., New York; 2016, sold by Michael R. Weintraub to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 24, 2016)