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Anacréon, Sapho, Bion et Moschus, traduction nouvelle en prose, suivie de la veillée des fêtes de Vénus
Author: Anacreon (6th century B.C.E.)
Author: Sappho
Author: Bion
Author: Moschus
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Publisher: Jean-François Bastien (French, 1747–1825)
Author: Sappho
Author: Bion
Author: Moschus
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Publisher: Jean-François Bastien (French, 1747–1825)
1780
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 27 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 22.1 x 15.1 x 3.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1345
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
"Paphos" [i.e., Paris]: J. Fr. Bastien, 1780
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 80
Description("Paphos" [i.e., Paris]: J. Fr. Bastien, 1780) Quarto; 204 leaves, plus 2 plates; early nineteenth-century gilt-stamped brown calf.
These illustrations were first used in an edition of 1773 (MFA: 37.1712), with one further plate reused from a 1774 edition of Héro et Léandre, found in this copy facing p. 95.
MFA owns another copy of this edition: 37.1739.
These illustrations were first used in an edition of 1773 (MFA: 37.1712), with one further plate reused from a 1774 edition of Héro et Léandre, found in this copy facing p. 95.
MFA owns another copy of this edition: 37.1739.
ProvenanceJohn Thomas Stanley of Alderley (armorial bookplate); acquired in 1912 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.