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Title

  • Contes et nouvelles en vers

Names

  • La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695
  • Eisen, Charles, 1720-1778, illustrator
  • Choffard, Pierre-Philippe, 1730-1809, illustrator
  • Rigaud, Hyacinthe, 1659-1743, illustrator
  • Vispré, F. X., illustrator
  • Barbou, Joseph-Gérard, 1723-1790?, bookseller
  • Derome, Nicolas-Denis, 1731-1788, binder
  • Coislin, Pierre-Adolphe Du Cambout, Marquis de, 1805-1873, former owner
  • La Bédoyère, Henri de, 1782-1861, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam [i.e. Paris, Barbou] 1762.

Headings

  • -  Boileau Desprëaux, Nicolas,--1636-1711.--Dissertation sur la Jöconde
  • -  Netherlands--Amsterdam
  • -  France--Paris

Notes

  • -  Plates engraved after Eisen, vignettes after Choffard.
  • -  Published at the expense of the Fermiers généraux.
  • -  "Dissertation sur la Joconde [par N. Boileau Despréaux]": v. 1, p. [239]-268.
  • -  This copy includes seven states of the engraved portrait. of La Fontaine, after Rigault, two states of the portrait of Eisen, after Vispré, and two states of the plates illustrating Richard Minutolo, Les lunettes and Le rossignol.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1654
  • -  LC copy: Bound by Derôme (with his ticket). Coat of arms of the Marquis de Coislin on cover.
  • -  Conserved; 001186 1973 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
  • -  LAC knj 2019-09-23 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ael 2019-11-05 update (3 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-21 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald bibliography lists Rosenwald copies with call numbers: PQ1809.A1 1762a, NE 650.C53L3 and PQ1809.5 1762

Medium

  • 2 v. illus., plates, ports. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PQ1809 .A1 1762a
  • NE650.C53 L3 59 [i. e. 58] vignettes pour Contes et nouvelles en vers. 1762. 22 cm. Title from spine of case. Proofs of the 58 vignettes after Choffard. One unidentified plate (10 x 13 cm) not belonging to the series is enclosed.
  • PQ1809.5 1762 Contes et nouvelles en vers; trial and rejected proofs. Paris, 1762. 38 plates (in case) 26 cm. Title from spine of case. Proofs of frontispiece portrait after RIgaud and of plates after Eisen, including nine in states not recorded in Henri Cohen's Guide de l'amateur de livres à gravures du XVIIIe siècle, 6. éd., Paris, 1912, columns 558-571.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48036951

Online Format

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  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

La Fontaine, Jean De, Charles Eisen, Pierre-Philippe Choffard, Hyacinthe Rigaud, F. X Vispré, Joseph-Gérard Barbou, Nicolas-Denis Derome, Pierre-Adolphe Du Cambout Coislin, Henri De La Bédoyère, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers. [Amsterdam i.e. Paris, Barbou, 1762] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48036951/.

APA citation style:

La Fontaine, J. D., Eisen, C., Choffard, P., Rigaud, H., Vispré, F. X., Barbou, J. [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1762) Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers. [Amsterdam i.e. Paris, Barbou] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48036951/.

MLA citation style:

La Fontaine, Jean De, et al. Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers. [Amsterdam i.e. Paris, Barbou, 1762] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48036951/>.