Contes Offerts aux Enfans de France

Multiple artists/makers

ca. 1820s

Not on view

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Title: Contes Offerts aux Enfans de France
Author: Written by J. N. Bouilly (French, active 19th century)
Printer: Printed by Jules Didot , Paris
Engraver: Engraved by Charles Abraham Chasselat (French, Paris 1782–1843 Paris)
Publisher: Published by Louis Janet , Paris
Date: ca. 1820s
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Object Number: 1970.565.569.1–.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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