Accession number
PML 140203
Creator
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.
Published
[Paris : Daniel Jacomet, 1939-1945]
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
Caption title, v. 1.
Color facsimile of a calligraphic ms. originally executed for J.L. Gaignat by the writing master Monchausseé, formerly in the collection of Henri Beraldi, now in the Louvre, which includes 57 sepia drawings by Fragonard (on mounted plates).
Limited ed. of 50 copies. Cf. Ray.
Printed at behest of the Paris Municipal Council to be sold at 10,000 francs apiece to help raise funds to pay the 1,700,000 francs paid at sale for the original ms., with the residue of funds provided through a recent legacy to the city.--Cf. N.Y. Times, July 29, 1934, sec. IV, p. 3, column 5.
Color facsimile of a calligraphic ms. originally executed for J.L. Gaignat by the writing master Monchausseé, formerly in the collection of Henri Beraldi, now in the Louvre, which includes 57 sepia drawings by Fragonard (on mounted plates).
Limited ed. of 50 copies. Cf. Ray.
Printed at behest of the Paris Municipal Council to be sold at 10,000 francs apiece to help raise funds to pay the 1,700,000 francs paid at sale for the original ms., with the residue of funds provided through a recent legacy to the city.--Cf. N.Y. Times, July 29, 1934, sec. IV, p. 3, column 5.
Description
2 v. (211, 250 p., [57] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 26 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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