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Illustrations designed by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686-1755) written by Jean de la Fontaine (French, 1621–1695) engravings by Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis (French, 1698–1771), Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711–1771), René Gaillard (French, c. 1719–1790), Pierre Chenu (French, c. 1718-c. 1800), Michel Aubert (French, 1700-1757), Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721-1777), Pierre-Étienne Moitte (French, 1722-1780), Jean Ouvrier (French, 1725-1754), Claude Olivier Galimard (French, 1719-1774), Jean-Jacques Flipart (French, 1719-1782), Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais (French, c. 1687-1763), Louis-Claude Legrand (French, 1723–1807), Pierre Quentin Chedel (French, 1705-1763), Pierre Aveline (French, 1702-1760), Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–1783), Pieter Franciscus Martenisie (Flemish, 1729-1789), Laurent Cars (French, 1699-1771), Jacques-Jean Pasquier (French, 1718-1785), Johann Christoph Teucher (German, c. 1716-c. 1750), Élie du Mesnil (French, born 1726), Martin Marvie (French, 1713-1813), William Wynne Ryland (British, 1732-1783), Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726-1788), Noël Le Mire (French, 1724-1801), Louis-Simon Lempereur (French, 1728-1807), Antoine Radigues (French, 1721-1809), Per Gustaf Floding (Swedish, 1731–1791), A.J. Defehrt (French, 1723-1774), Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, 1747-c. 1804), Catherine Elisabeth Lemperuer (French, 1726-active 1780), Pierre Jacques Duret (French, b. 1729), Pierre Philippe Choffard (French, 1730-1809), J.F. Poletnich (French, active 1750-80), and Manuel Salvador Carmona (Spanish, 1734-1820) wood engravings by Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691–1764) after illustrations designed by Jean Jacques Bachelier (French, 1724-1806) printed by Charles-Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784) published by Desaint et Saillant (French, 18th century) and Durand (French, 18th century)

Date

1756–59

Medium

Bound book with engravings, with etching, wood engravings and letterpress in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Book, closed: 49 × 35 × 7 cm (19 5/16 × 13 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Book, open: 49 × 74.5 × 6.5 cm (19 5/16 × 29 3/8 × 2 9/16 in.)

Department

Prints and Drawings

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Silver