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Idylles

Illustrated by: Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier (French, 1738–1826)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Author: Bion
Author: Moschus
Publisher: Jean-Baptiste Gail (French, 1755–1829)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
1795
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with four etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 13.3 x 8.9 x 1.6 cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1566
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Didot jeune, for Gail, l'an troisième [1795]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 151-152
Description(Paris: Didot jeune, for Gail, l'an troisième [1795]) 18mo; 54 leaves, plus 8 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled "tree" brown calf.

Literary illustrations; frontispiece portrait of publisher/translator.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1917 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.