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Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles

Romeyn de Hooghe, Anoine de la Sale (author)

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a weathered leather book cover with a mottled pattern. The surface is rich, brown leather with dark, irregular spots scattered across it, giving it a worn, antique appearance. The spine of the book is visible on the left, showing faint vertical creases and a smaller section at the top with an embossed or pressed design. The book cover appears to have been well-used or designed to look aged, with distinctive leather grain and signs of wear. There is a small, white paper sticking out slightly from the top.

Artwork Details

Date
1701
Medium
2 volume set with 100 half-page, etched illustrations, some signed Vol I: plates I-XLV, frontispiece Vol II: plates XLVI-C, tail-piece
Dimensions
1604 × 2386 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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