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

1765-1775

Etienne Fessard

Artist, French, 1714 - 1777

Jean de La Fontaine

Author, French, 1621 - 1695

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel

Artist After, French, 1735 - 1813

Jean-Baptiste Hüet

Artist After, French, 1745 - 1811

Jacques-Philippe Caresme

Artist After, French, 1734 - 1796

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Artist After, French, 1734 - 1781

Jean Hippolyte Bardin

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1809

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin

Artist After, French, 1738 - in or after 1780

Meyer P.

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

Philip James de Loutherbourg

Artist After, French, 1740 - 1812

Charles Monnet

Artist After, French, 1732 - after 1808

Claude-Louis Desrais

Artist After, French, 1746 - 1816

French 18th Century

Artist After

Ferdinand Kobell

Artist After, German, 1740 - 1799

L. de Bidault

Artist After, French, active 18th century

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc

Artist After, French, born c. 1740

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

    2004.17.5

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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. 2]

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


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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