Les Métamorphoses du Jour

Multiple artists/makers

1899

Not on view

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Title: Les Métamorphoses du Jour
Illustrator: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves)
Author: Alberic Second (French)
Author: Louis Lourine (French)
Author: Clement Caraguel (French, 1819–1882)
Author: Taxile Delord (French, 1815–1877)
Author: H. de Beaulieu (French)
Author: Louis Huart (French, Aix-en-Provence 1813–1865 London)
Author: Charles Monselet (French, 1825–1888)
Author: Julien Lemer (French)
Author: Charles Blanc (French, Castres 1813–1882 Paris)
Editor: Jules-Gabriel Janin (French, 1804–1874)
Printer: Jules Claye (Paris)
Publisher: Garnier Frères
Date: 1899
Medium: Wood engraving, hors-texte plates are hand painted with watercolor
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 21.36.26
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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