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La Pharsale
Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Jean François Rousseau (French, born in 1740)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Author: Lucan (A.D. 39–65)
Translator: Jean-François Marmontel (French, 1723–1799)
Publisher: Joseph Merlin (French, 1718–1783)
Printer: André-François Le Breton (French, 1708–1779)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Jean François Rousseau (French, born in 1740)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Author: Lucan (A.D. 39–65)
Translator: Jean-François Marmontel (French, 1723–1799)
Publisher: Joseph Merlin (French, 1718–1783)
Printer: André-François Le Breton (French, 1708–1779)
1766
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 11 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol.): 19.8 x 13.2 x 3.4 cm (7 13/16 x 5 3/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1482a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Le Breton, for Merlin, 1766
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 662
Description(Paris: Le Breton, for Merlin, 1766) Octavo, two vols.; [v. 1] 194 leaves, plus 6 plates; [v. 2] 211 ll., plus 5 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.
Allegorical frontispiece; literary illustrations.
Allegorical frontispiece; literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1906 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.