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Fables Nouvelles, Dediées au Roy

Author Lamotte-Houdar French
Publisher Gregoire Dupuis French
1719
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Although he was not trained as a professional printmaker, Gillot found a robust market for his whimsical small-scale designs for book illustrations, which he often etched himself with remarkable fluidity.

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  • Title: Fables Nouvelles, Dediées au Roy
  • Author: Lamotte-Houdar (French, 1672–1731)
  • Publisher: Gregoire Dupuis , Paris
  • Artist: Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1719
  • Medium: Printed book with etched illustrations
  • Dimensions: Overall: 10 1/16 x 8 1/8 x 1 7/16 in. (25.5 x 20.6 x 3.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
  • Object Number: 34.15
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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