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Album, Ier CAHIER DE CHIFFRES Inventés par Ranson

This is a album. It was designed by Pierre Ranson and published by Jacques-François Chéreau and print maker: Etienne Claude Voysard. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1920. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 40.5 × 29 cm (15 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Léon Decloux ex-libris pasted onto center of upper cover pastedown; inscribed in red ink in center of Léon Decloux Ex Libris: No. 226

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite upper right margin of upper cover pastedown: 1921-6-401/ I-01

Cite this object as

Album, Ier CAHIER DE CHIFFRES Inventés par Ranson; Designed by Pierre Ranson (French, 1736–1786); Print Maker: Etienne Claude Voysard (French, 1746 - 1812); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); H x W: 40.5 × 29 cm (15 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-401

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