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Illustrations from "Gravures Historiques ..."

1789-1791

Jean-François Janinet

Associated Names

Jean-François Janinet

Artist/publisher, French, 1752 - 1814

Medium

bound volume with 54 etching and aquatints with hand coloring on laid paper
Credit Line

Widener Collection
Dimensions

book: 22.3 × 15 × 1.7 cm (8 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

1942.9.1572

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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.458-459.

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