La Sainte Bible (vol. 1-2)

1789-1804

Various Artists

Artist

Isaac-Louis Le Maistre de Sacy

Translator, French, 1613 - 1684

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    12 volumes bound in six with 300 etched and engraved illustrations on thick wove paper (252 after Marillier, 48 after Monsiaux, and one large folding map of the Holy Land by Tardieu.) This is volume 1-2.

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    book: 30.5 x 24.3 x 7 cm (12 x 9 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.37.2.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Musinsky Rare Books, Inc., New York); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1912

  • Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. 6th edition revised and enlarged by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col. 935-936.

1982

  • Ray, Gordon N. The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700 to 1914. New York, 1982: 47.

Inscriptions

2nd free endpaper upper left in graphite circled: 1423; bottom lower center: /For / Bech V 3; bottom left: 113/100/482(6)

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