Le Festin de Pierre (Volume III, page 211), 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.

Multiple artists/makers

1770

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Title: Le Festin de Pierre (Volume III, page 211), 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: Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, Paris 1707–1783 Paris)
Artist: After 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: 1770
Medium: Etching and engraving; fourth state of four (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(5)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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