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1960

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1993

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Book Cover, Montesquieu: The Persian Letters

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is dated 1960 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Tamar Cohen. It is credited Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 18.2 x 23.5 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, vertically, back cover lower right: Elaine Lustig; in black, front cover within white rectangle: The / Persian Letters / MONTESQUIEU / a new translation / edited, translated, and / introduced by J. Robert Loy; in green, below: MERIDIAN BOOKS M104 $1.55

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Montesquieu: The Persian Letters; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); USA; lithograph on white wove paper; H x W: 18.2 x 23.5 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-41

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