Voyage de Lesseps, Volume 1
Voyage de Lesseps, Volume 1
Artist
Pierre-Philippe Choffard
(French, 1730-1809)
Publisher
Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1790
Binder
Blaizot
Author
Jean Baptiste Barthélemy, baron de, Lesseps
(French, 1766-1834)
Date1790
DimensionsBook: H: 7 7/8 in. (200 mm); W: 5 in. (127 mm); Depth: 1 1/4 in. (32 mm);
Page: H: 7 9/16 in. (192 mm); W: 4 3/4 in. (120 mm)
Page: H: 7 9/16 in. (192 mm); W: 4 3/4 in. (120 mm)
MediumOriginal prints: engravings (fold-out) and wood-engraved ornaments
Text: letterpress
Paper: white laid paper
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Straus Brothers
Object number
1925.36A
Not on View
DescriptionSewn gatherings case bound into red morroco bindings with gilt tooling stamped in gold with the arms of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793).
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Speaking Visual: Learning the Language of Art, Oct. 31, 2014-Jan. 25, 2015.Chez Reinier Leers, Rotterdam, 1711 (1st edition)
1711
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