Fables choisies mises en vers. Nouvelle edition gravée en taille-douce, les figures par Fessard, le texte par Montulay [vol. 3], 1765-1775

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six volumes containing 721 etched and engraved illustrations; also an engraved text

book: 20.32 × 13.97 cm (8 × 5 1/2 in.)
page size: 19.69 × 12.7 cm (7 3/4 × 5 in.)

2004.17.3

Etienne Fessard (artist) French, 1714 - 1777

Jean de La Fontaine (author) French, 1621 - 1695

Charles Monnet (artist after) French, 1732 - after 1808

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (artist after) French, 1734 - 1781

L. de Bidault (artist after) French, active 18th century

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel (artist after) French, 1735 - 1813

Jean Hippolyte Bardin (artist after) French, 1732 - 1809

Ferdinand Kobell (artist after) German, 1740 - 1799

Jacques-Philippe Caresme (artist after) French, 1734 - 1796

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (artist after) French, born c. 1740

Philip James de Loutherbourg (artist after) French, 1740 - 1812

Jean-Baptiste Hüet (artist after) French, 1745 - 1811

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin (artist after) French, 1738 - in or after 1780

Meyer P. (artist after) French (?), active 18th century

Claude-Louis Desrais (artist after) French, 1746 - 1816

(Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco); Purchased 2004 by NGA.

Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco

1912: Cohen, Henry. Guide de l'Amateur de Livres a Gravures du XVIIIe Siècle. Paris, 1912: 551-552.

1962: Bibliothèque Nationale. Inventaire du Fonds Français. Graveurs du XVIIIe Siècle. 14 vols. Paris, 1962: 9: 95-105.