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Print, Title Page, from "Livre de Fleurs..."
This is a Print. It was print maker: Gilles Demarteau and after Louis Tessier. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving in a crayon manner on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
Its dimensions are
38.3 × 26.7 cm (15 1/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed: "Livre de Fleurs/Dedié/a Mr. de Buffon/d l'Académie l.../des Sciences et Societé Rle./---/Intendant due Jardin/... des Plantes/Par son tres humble/et tres obéissant/Serviteur Tessier." Below, engravers, designers, and publishers names.
Cite this object as
Print, Title Page, from "Livre de Fleurs..."; Print Maker: Gilles Demarteau (Belgian, active in France, 1722 – 1776); After Louis Tessier (French, 1719 - 1781); France; engraving in a crayon manner on paper; 38.3 × 26.7 cm (15 1/16 × 10 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-58
