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Fleuron on Title Page of Volume III, from Oeuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales, des Avertissimens et des Observations sur chaque Pièce par M. Bret. A Paris, Par la Compagnie des libraires associés. M.D.CC.LXXIII.

1773
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  • Title: Fleuron on Title Page of Volume III, from Oeuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales, des Avertissimens et des Observations sur chaque Pièce par M. Bret. A Paris, Par la Compagnie des libraires associés. M.D.CC.LXXIII.
  • Series/Portfolio: Oeuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales, des Avertissimens et des Observations sur chaque Pièce par M. Bret. A Paris, Par la Compagnie des libraires associés. M.D.CC.LXXIII.
  • Artist: Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Author: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière (French, 1622–1673)
  • Editor: Edited by M. (Antoine) Bret (French, Dijon 1717–1792 Paris)
  • Printer: L'Imprimerie de Baudouin
  • Publisher: Published by La Compagnie des libraires associés
  • Date: 1773
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of three (Bocher)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 4 7/8 in. (20.5 × 12.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Helen Winslow Durkee Mileham, 1954
  • Object Number: 55.578.6.3(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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