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Fables of La Fontaine, Volume IV

engraver Simon Simon (French, 1759 - 1807)

author Jean de La Fontaine (Champagne region, France, 1621 - 1695)

engraver Jacques-Joseph Coiny (Versailles, 1761 - 1809, Paris)

publisher Bossange, Masson et Besson (active Paris, 1792-1819)

printer Imprimerie de Crapelet (active Paris, 1795-1840)

Date1796

Place MadeFrance, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions15 x 9.5 x 2 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 13/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number9.c.2.10

eMuseum ID721501

EmbARK ObjectID21098

TMS Source ID7595

Last Updated8/9/24

Description6 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 16 cm.

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

BibliographyNotesSusan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 46.

ProvenanceNotes

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston (active 1872-1922) for $45 for 6 volumes on 20 July 1922.