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Zélis au bain. Poëme en quatre chants. Nouvelle édition
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
After: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Author: Alexandre Frédéric Jacque de Masson, marquis de Pezay (French, 1741–1777)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
After: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Author: Alexandre Frédéric Jacque de Masson, marquis de Pezay (French, 1741–1777)
after 1763
Place of Publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 13 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 18.6 x 12.7 x 2 cm (7 5/16 x 5 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1407.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Geneva [after 1763]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 796 (second ed.)
Description(Geneva [after 1763]) Quarto; 23 leaves; modern half gilt-stamped brown morocco, marbled paper boards. BOUND with Pezay, Nouvelle Zélie (1768) and Dorat, Les Tourterelles de Zelmis (1766).
Plates and vignettes illustrating pastoral, erotic poem. Second, undated edition, cited by Cohen-de Ricci. The engraved title is that used in the first edition, with "nouvelle édition" added. The letterpress text has been entirely reset [e.g., verses in 24 lines per page, rather than 21 for first ed.]; the plate and vignette before the third "chant" are still unsigned. The engraved title and several plates and vignettes have been lightly hand-colored. Cohen-de Ricci cites Delafosse as another engraver, but his signature does not appear on any plates. The MFA owns a large-paper copy of the first edition (37.1730); plus an elaborate facsimile edition of 1883 (37.1934).
BOUND with Pezay, Nouvelle Zélie (1768) and Dorat, Les Tourterelles de Zelmis (1766).
Plates and vignettes illustrating pastoral, erotic poem. Second, undated edition, cited by Cohen-de Ricci. The engraved title is that used in the first edition, with "nouvelle édition" added. The letterpress text has been entirely reset [e.g., verses in 24 lines per page, rather than 21 for first ed.]; the plate and vignette before the third "chant" are still unsigned. The engraved title and several plates and vignettes have been lightly hand-colored. Cohen-de Ricci cites Delafosse as another engraver, but his signature does not appear on any plates. The MFA owns a large-paper copy of the first edition (37.1730); plus an elaborate facsimile edition of 1883 (37.1934).
BOUND with Pezay, Nouvelle Zélie (1768) and Dorat, Les Tourterelles de Zelmis (1766).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1905 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.