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Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé

Illustrated by: Nicolas-André Monsiau (French, 1754/55–1837)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Illustrated by: Philippe Orléans duc d' (French, 1674–1723)
Illustrated by: Antoine Coypel (French, 1661–1722)
Engraved by: Géraud Vidal (French, 1742–1804)
Author: Longus
Publisher: Claude-François Maradan (French, 1762–1823)
Printer: Suret (French, late 18th–early 19th century)
1798
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 35 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 17.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1638
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Suret, for Maradan and Desenne, 1798

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 656
Description(Paris: Suret, for Maradan and Desenne, 1798) Small octavo; 91 leaves, plus 35 plates; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped half black morocco, green marbled paper boards.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceE. B. Holden (from donor's note on verso of front flyleaf); acquired at Holden sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, in 1913 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.