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P. Virgilii Maronis Opera ex antiquis monimentis illustrata
Virgil (born in 70 B.C.E.)
Engraved by: Marco Alvise Pitteri (Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
After: Charles François de La Traverse (French, about 1726–about 1780)
Engraved by: Herman Condet (Dutch, 18th century)
Engraved by: Marco Alvise Pitteri (Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
After: Charles François de La Traverse (French, about 1726–about 1780)
Engraved by: Herman Condet (Dutch, 18th century)
1757–65
Place of Publication: The Hague, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book, text and illustrations entirely engraved
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth varies): 24.1 x 15.5 x 3 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1543a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[The Hague: n.p., 1757-1765]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 1018
Description[The Hague: n.p., 1757-1765] Quarto, five vols. in three; [v. 1] 89 leaves, plus pls.; [v. 2] 142 ll., plus pls.; [v. 3] 125 ll., plus pls.; contemporary[?] gilt-stamped red morocco.
Engraved text; illustrations after antique gems and sculpture; decorative vignettes.
This edition was published at the expense of Henry Justice (1697?-1763), according to Harvard and other online cataloguing information, in The Hague from 1757-1765. The latter date in fact appears in vol. 5 on p. 3, at the end of the dedication by Henry's son William to the Empress Catherine of Russia. Cohen-de Ricci, however, lists the publication date range as 1753-1767. The MFA copy is of the smaller of two format; a larger one (with chain lines running horizontally) was printed privately for Catherine. The text and illustrations are entirely engraved. The plates are for the most part signed by Pitteri as engraver. According to the "Praefatio" in vol. 1, they were after drawings done in Rome by La Traverse (including a Fidance La Traverse, unnoticed in dictionaries). The map in vol. 2, after p. 68, is signed by Condet; the Praefatio specifies both a Gerard and Herman, of Amsterdam.
See also John Pine's entirely engraved Virgil of 1755-74 (MFA copy: 37.1544; 37.1938).
Engraved text; illustrations after antique gems and sculpture; decorative vignettes.
This edition was published at the expense of Henry Justice (1697?-1763), according to Harvard and other online cataloguing information, in The Hague from 1757-1765. The latter date in fact appears in vol. 5 on p. 3, at the end of the dedication by Henry's son William to the Empress Catherine of Russia. Cohen-de Ricci, however, lists the publication date range as 1753-1767. The MFA copy is of the smaller of two format; a larger one (with chain lines running horizontally) was printed privately for Catherine. The text and illustrations are entirely engraved. The plates are for the most part signed by Pitteri as engraver. According to the "Praefatio" in vol. 1, they were after drawings done in Rome by La Traverse (including a Fidance La Traverse, unnoticed in dictionaries). The map in vol. 2, after p. 68, is signed by Condet; the Praefatio specifies both a Gerard and Herman, of Amsterdam.
See also John Pine's entirely engraved Virgil of 1755-74 (MFA copy: 37.1544; 37.1938).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1903 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.