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Aminta, favola boscareccia

Engraved by: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Author: Torquato Tasso (Italian, 1544–1595)
Publisher: Pierre Prault (French, active about 1714–1760)
1745
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with engraved title and nine engravings
Dimensions Overall: 14.6 x 8.5 x 1.5 cm (5 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1683
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Prault, 1745

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 979
Description(Paris: Prault, 1745) Octavo; 59 leaves; contemporary[?] gilt-stamped red morocco.

Decorative title with vignette; illustrative vignettes
Provenance"Thomas Stainton, Jan. 1858" (inscription on preliminary leaf); acquired in 1910 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.