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Illustrated by: Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier (French, 1738–1826)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Antoine-Denis Chaudet (French, 1763–1810)
Illustrated by: François Marie Isidore Queverdo (French, 1748–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Author: Theocritus
Publisher: Jean-Baptiste Gail (French, 1755–1829)
Printer: Pierre-Nicolas Firmin Didot (French, active from 1795)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Antoine-Denis Chaudet (French, 1763–1810)
Illustrated by: François Marie Isidore Queverdo (French, 1748–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Author: Theocritus
Publisher: Jean-Baptiste Gail (French, 1755–1829)
Printer: Pierre-Nicolas Firmin Didot (French, active from 1795)
1799
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 16 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 14.6 x 10.3 x 3.1 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1687
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Didot jeune, chez l'auteur, an VII [1799]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 988 [1796 ed.]
Description(Paris: Didot jeune, chez l'auteur, an VII [1799]) Duodecimo, two vols. in one; [v. 1] 94 leaves, plus 8 plates; [v. 2] 84 ll., plus 8 pls.; modern gilt-stamped brown morocco (F. Bedford).
Literary illustrations; portraits of author and translator/publisher.
Literary illustrations; portraits of author and translator/publisher.
ProvenanceAcquired from G. D. Smith, New York, in 1917 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.