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Neuwied-sur-le-Rhin: Société typographique, 1789
Provenance
Frederic R. Halsey (1847-1918; see Lugt 1308); acquired in 1916 from the "Huntington[?] sale" by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.
Credit Line
Bequest of William A. Sargent
1789
- Illustrated by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, French, 1741–1814
- Illustrated by Sigmund Freudenberger, Swiss, 1745–1801
- Engraved by Jean Charles Baquoy, French, 1721–1777
- Engraved by Louis Bosse, French, 18th century
- Engraved by Camligue, French, 18th century
- Engraved by Jean Dambrun, French, 1741–about 1808
- Engraved by Robert de Launay, French, 1754–1814
- Engraved by Jean Louis Delignon, French, 1755–about 1804
- Engraved by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg, German, 1743–1790
- Engraved by Heinrich Guttenberg, German, 1749–1818
- Engraved by Louis Michel Halbou, French, 1730–1809
- Engraved by Isidore Stanislas Helman, French, 1743–1806
- Engraved by François Robert Ingouf le jeune, French, 1747–1812
- Engraved by Georges Malbeste, French, 1754–1843
- Engraved by Pietro Antonio Martini, Italian, 1738–1797
- Engraved by Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas, French, 1744–1802
- Engraved by Antoine Louis Romanet, French, 1742–1810
- Engraved by Jean Baptiste Simonet, French, 1742–1813
- Engraved by N. Thomas, French, about 1750–about 1812
- Engraved by Philippe Trière, French, 1756–about 1815
- Author Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne, French, 1734–1806
Place of Publication
Neuwied, Germany
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 881-882; Ray, Art of French Illustrated Book, 55; Bocher, Moreau, pp. 486-96, nos. 1348-71
Dimensions
Overall: 51.5 x 39.2 x 2 cm (20 1/4 x 15 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Accession Number
37.2411
Medium or Technique
Illustrated book with 26 etching and engravings