Fables choisies mises en vers. Nouvelle edition gravée en taille-douce, les figures par Fessard, le texte par Montulay [vol. 2]

1765-1775

Etienne Fessard

Artist, French, 1714 - 1777

Jean de La Fontaine

Author, French, 1621 - 1695

Ferdinand Kobell

Artist After, German, 1740 - 1799

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Artist After, French, 1734 - 1781

Philip James de Loutherbourg

Artist After, French, 1740 - 1812

Charles Monnet

Artist After, French, 1732 - after 1808

Jean-Baptiste Hüet

Artist After, French, 1745 - 1811

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc

Artist After, French, born c. 1740

Jean Hippolyte Bardin

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1809

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin

Artist After, French, 1738 - in or after 1780

Claude-Louis Desrais

Artist After, French, 1746 - 1816

French 18th Century

Artist After

L. de Bidault

Artist After, French, active 18th century

Jacques-Philippe Caresme

Artist After, French, 1734 - 1796

Meyer P.

Artist After, French (?), active 18th century

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel

Artist After, French, 1735 - 1813

Jean de La Fontaine (author) and Étienne Fessard after various artists

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    book: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)
    page size: 19.7 x 12.7 cm (7 3/4 x 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.17.2

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Associated Artworks

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Fables choisies mises en vers. Nouvelle edition gravée en taille-douce, les figures par Fessard, le texte par Montulay [vol. 1]

Etienne Fessard, Jean de La Fontaine

1621

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

Etienne Fessard, Jean de La Fontaine

1621

Fables choisies mises en vers. Nouvelle edition gravée en taille-douce, les figures par Fessard, le texte par Montulay [vol. 5]

Etienne Fessard, Jean de La Fontaine

1621


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco); Purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

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.


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