Dangerous Acquaintances (Les Liasons Dangereux)

Multiple artists/makers

1940

Not on view

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Title: Dangerous Acquaintances (Les Liasons Dangereux)
Author: Choderlos de Laclos (French, Amiens 1741–1803 Taranto)
Translator: Ernest Dawson (British, 20th century (?))
Author: Preface by André Gide (French, Paris 1869–1951 Paris)
Illustrator: Charles Laborde (French, Buenos Aires 1886–1941 Paris)
Publisher: The Nonesuch Press (London)
Author: Preface by André Gide (French, Paris 1869–1951 Paris)
Printer: Georges Duval (active mid-20th century)
Illustrator: Collotypes colored by M. Beaufumé (active mid-20th century)
Designer: Berthold Ludwig Wolpe (British (born Germany), Offenbach am Main 1905–1989 London)
Published in: London
Date: 1940
Medium: Illustrations: collotypes with color
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (26 x 17.1 x 3.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Administrative Purchase Fund, 1971
Object Number: 1971.511
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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