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Les Oeuvres de Virgile traduites en françois, le texte vis-a-vis la traduction
Engraved by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Georg Friedrich Schmidt (German, 1712–1775)
After: Louis Tocqué (French, 1696–1772)
Engraved by: Gilles Edmé Petit (French, about 1694–1760)
Author: Virgil (born in 70 B.C.E.)
Printer: Gabriel François Quillau (French, died in 1752)
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Georg Friedrich Schmidt (German, 1712–1775)
After: Louis Tocqué (French, 1696–1772)
Engraved by: Gilles Edmé Petit (French, about 1694–1760)
Author: Virgil (born in 70 B.C.E.)
Printer: Gabriel François Quillau (French, died in 1752)
1743
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 20 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth varies): 19.9 x 13.4 x 3.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1542a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Quillau, 1743
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 1020
Description(Paris: Quillau, 1743) Octavo, four vols.; [v. 1] 264 leaves, plus 7 plates; [v. 2] 214 ll., plus 5 pls.; [v. 3] 227 ll., plus 4 pls.; [v. 4] 259 ll., plus 4 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped brown morocco.
Frontispiece portrait of translator; portrait of dedicatee; illustrations to Virgil's poems
Frontispiece portrait of translator; portrait of dedicatee; illustrations to Virgil's poems
ProvenanceAcquired in 1919 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.