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Le sopha : conte moral

1774
Not on view
Brown leather binding with gold-tooled board edges, marbled endpapers, and stained edges.

Watson Library copy: bound with "Le Canapé couleur de feu : histoire galante" by Louis Charles Fougeret de Monbron, published in 1785.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Le sopha : conte moral
  • Author: Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (French, 1707–1777)
  • Date: 1774
  • Geography: Paris, France
  • Dimensions: 7" x 4.25” x 1.25” (17.8 x 10.8 x 3.2cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library
  • Object Number: PQ1971.C6 A73 1774
  • Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library
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