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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)
Engraved by: Antoine Cosme Giraud (French, 1760–after 1796)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Author: Theocritus
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
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)
Engraved by: Antoine Cosme Giraud (French, 1760–after 1796)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Author: Theocritus
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
1796
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with eight etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 13.5 x 9 x 2.5 cm (5 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1686a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Didot jeune, l'an IV [1796]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 988
Description(Paris: Didot jeune, l'an IV [1796]) Duodecimo, two vols.; [v. 1] 100 leaves, plus 8 plates; [v. 2] 80 ll.; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.
Classical literary illustrations; portraits of author and translator.
Classical literary illustrations; portraits of author and translator.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1920 from Anderson auction gallery, New York, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.