illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1869,0508.141-208
Description: "Fables Choisies, mises en vers par J. de la Fontaine. Tome Troisième" (Paris, Desaint & Saillant; Durand) 1756; containing 68 prints after Jean Baptiste Oudry, illustrating the seventh, eighth, and ninth books of La Fontaine's select fables. Bound to face letterpress text embellished with ornate woodcut culs-de-lampe by Papillon and others. With letterpress titlepage, notice to the reader, table of contents, and dedicatory verse "À Madame de Montespan". Etchings and engravings
Producer name: After: Jean Baptiste Oudry; Print made by: Charles Nicolas Cochin fils; Print made by: Pierre François Tardieu; Print made by: René Gaillard; Print made by: Pierre Chenu; Print made by: Pierre Etienne Moitte; Print made by: Jean Ouvrier; Print made by: Louis Legrand; Print made by: Jean Michel Papillon (woodcut culs-de-lampe); Print made by: Pierre Quentin Chedel; Print made by: Pierre Aveline; Print made by: Pierre François Martenasie; Print made by: Laurent Cars; Print made by: Jacques Jean Pasquier; Print made by: Johann Christoph Teucher; Print made by: Menil (J. Menil); Print made by: Martin Marvie; Print made by: Riland; Print made by: Louis Simon Lempereur; Print made by: Antoine Radigues; Print made by: Nicolas Lesueur (? after Bachellier (vignettes/culs-de-lampe)); Print made by: A J Defehrt; Print made by: Benoît Louis Prévost; Print made by: Louis Le Mire; Print made by: Michel Aubert; Print made by: Jacques Philippe Le Bas; Printed by: Charles Antoine Jombert
School/style: French
Production date: 1756
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving; woodcut; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 420 millimetres; Width: 268 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
Curator's comments: One of four volumes of the so-called "Oudry" edition initiated by Louis Regnard de Montenault (Paris, 1755-1759), kept at 161.c.9 to 12 (1869,0508.3 to 277). The frontispiece to Volume One is inscribed with production information as follows: "Inventé par J. B. Oudry. terminé au burin par N. Dupuis. gravé à l'eau forte par C. N. Cochin le fils qui, d'après les originaux, à fait tous les traits, conduit et dirigé tout l'ouvrage." Loose impressions of select plates are kept elsewhere in the collection.
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (277-289) (Cochin fils)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: animal
Associated names: Illustration to: Jean de La Fontaine; Associated with: Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan (dedicatory verse)
Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1869,0508.141-208

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