illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1862,0712.776
Description: Honoré de Balzac "Les contes Drolatiques colligez ez Abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac pour l'esbattement des pantagruelistes et non aultres" (London, John Camden Hotten) 1860, 5th edition; containing a total of 456 illustrations, some small vignettes and others taking the whole page, all of them with title and wood-engraver given at the list of illustrations. Including frontispiece showing a horde of men going towards a beautiful lady who is held on strings by a cupid above, table of contents, preface, prologue and epilogue. Quarter leather binding, embossed lettering on spine. Wood-engraving
Producer name: After: Gustave Doré; Published by: John Camden Hotten; Print made by: Jacques Adrien Lavieille (frontispiece); Print made by: Eugène Laurent Isidore Régnier; Print made by: Emile Crépeaux; Print made by: de Ghouy; Print made by: Louis-Paul-Pierre Dumont; Print made by: Noël Eugène Sotain; Print made by: Octave Édouard Jean Jahyer; Print made by: Charles Jattiot; Print made by: Adolphe Best; Print made by: Laly; Print made by: Paul Riault; Print made by: Alphonse Gérard; Print made by: Louis; Print made by: Héliodore Pisan; Print made by: Predhomme; Print made by: Jean Gauchard; Print made by: François Rouget; Print made by: Roques; Print made by: François Pierdon; Print made by: Jules-César Bouton; Print made by: Jean Baptiste Charles Carbonneau; Print made by: Diolot; Print made by: Joannés Guillaume; Print made by: Louis Alphonse Léon Lemaire; Print made by: A Pollet; Print made by: Pophilat; Print made by: Ryckebus; Print made by: Pierre Verdeil; Printed by: Lacrampe & Cie (as Bénard & Cie)
School/style: French; British
Production date: 1860
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 199 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page); Width: 115 millimetres
Curator's comments: Published for the first time by Éverat in Paris in 1831. Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition date: 1862
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1862,0712.776

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