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Les Idylles de Bion et de Moschus
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Author: Bion
Author: Moschus
Author: Hilaire Bernard de Requeleyne, baron Longepierre (French, 1659–1721)
Publisher: Pierre Auboüyn (French, died in 1712)
Publisher: Pierre Emery (French, 17th century)
Publisher: Charles Clousier (French, 17th century)
Author: Bion
Author: Moschus
Author: Hilaire Bernard de Requeleyne, baron Longepierre (French, 1659–1721)
Publisher: Pierre Auboüyn (French, died in 1712)
Publisher: Pierre Emery (French, 17th century)
Publisher: Charles Clousier (French, 17th century)
1686
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with two engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 x 10 x 2.8 cm (6 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis in memory of her husband Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number27.1427
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Pierre Auboüyn, Pierre Emery, and Charles Clousier, 1686
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet I, 950
Description(Paris: Pierre Auboüyn, Pierre Emery, and Charles Clousier, 1686) Duodecimo; 139 & 92 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped brown calf with de Vauban arms
ProvenanceSebastien Le Prestre de Vauban (military engineer, Marshal of France, 1633-1707); Henri Lambert, Versailles; Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844-1922; inscribed "H.G.C. 15/5/90 $6"); his widow, by whom given to MFA, 1927.