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Book/Printed Material [Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio's Decamerone (published in Paris, with imprint: Londra, 1757)].

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Title

  • [Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio's Decamerone (published in Paris, with imprint: Londra, 1757)].

Names

  • Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.
  • Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
  • Fourquevaulx, Marquis de, former owner.
  • Bocher, Emmanuel, 1835-1919, former owner.
  • Olry-Roederer, Louis, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Londra [i.e., Paris], 1757?

Headings

  • -  Boccaccio, Giovanni,--1313-1375.--Decamerone--Illustrations
  • -  France--Paris

Notes

  • -  One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprises 213 illustrations (including a portrait, title pages, plates, and vignettes), 13 of them by other artists. The same illustrations were used for the French translation by A.J. Maçon, Londres (i.e. Paris) 1757-1761.
  • -  The same illustrations were used for the French translation by A. J. Macon, Londres (i. e. Paris) 1757-61.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1645
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Marquis de Fourquevaulx, Emmanuel Bocher, Louis Olry-Roederer.
  • -  Reconsider type value if recataloging; td12 2009-03-12
  • -  LAC ael 2019-09-05 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-18 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 cases ; 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NC1135 .G64

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50041724

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gravelot, Hubert François, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marquis De Fourquevaulx, Emmanuel Bocher, Louis Olry-Roederer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio's Decamerone published in Paris, with imprint: Londra. [Londra i.e., Paris, ?, 1757] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/50041724/.

APA citation style:

Gravelot, H. F., Boccaccio, G., Fourquevaulx, M. D., Bocher, E., Olry-Roederer, L. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1757) Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio's Decamerone published in Paris, with imprint: Londra. [Londra i.e., Paris, ?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/50041724/.

MLA citation style:

Gravelot, Hubert François, et al. Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio's Decamerone published in Paris, with imprint: Londra. [Londra i.e., Paris, ?, 1757] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/50041724/>.