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Degli amori di Abrocome e Anzia


Senofonte Efesio degli amori di Abrocome e Anzia
Illustrated by: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823)
Engraved by: Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran Roger (French, 1767–1841)
Author: Xenophon, of Ephesus (Greek)
Printer: Giambattista Bodoni (Italian, 1740–1813)
1794
Place of Publication: Parma, Italy

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with one etching and engraving
Dimensions Overall: 16.4 x 11.5 x 1.4 cm (6 7/16 x 4 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1692
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Parma: Giambattista Bodoni, 1794

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet V, 1502; Brooks, Compendiosa bibliografia di edizioni Bodoniane, 539
Description(Crisopoli [i.e., Parma]: Giambattista Bodoni, 1794) Quarto; 100 leaves [frontispiece detached, rebound]; modern half gilt-stamped purple morocco, gray marbled boards.

Frontispiece with classical literary scene
ProvenanceAcquired in Paris in August 1907 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.