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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Les curieux précoces.

Accession number
PML 198475
Published
A Paris : Chez Janet successeur du sieur Jubert, Rue St. Jacques no. 36, [1793]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2019.
Notes
Title and imprint from title page (page 1).
A collection of songs and "devises" for young girls and boys, illustrated with 8 engraved plates.
Calendar (pages 28-63) for year 1794.
Description
64 pages : illustrations (engravings) ; 24mm (128mo)
Provenance
Perhaps the copy in the Salomon/Tissandier collection (see Grand-Carteret); Arenberg Auctions (Brussels), 26 May 2018, lot 892; Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from W.S. Cotter Rare Books on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, Dec. 2019.
Binding
18th-century dark maroon morocco with gilt double-heart with arrow and title: L'amour les couronne. In black leather clamshell box.
Classification
Department