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Illustrated by: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Illustrated by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Portrait(s) designed by: Johann Nepomuk Steiner (Czech, 1725–1793)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Engraved by: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
Engraved by: Manuel Salvador Carmona (Spanish, 1734–1820)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (French, 1729–1786)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: Carlo Antonio Porporati (Italian, 1741–1816)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Italian, 1698–1782)
Publisher: Claude Jean-Baptiste Hérissant (French, 1719?–1775)
Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Illustrated by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Portrait(s) designed by: Johann Nepomuk Steiner (Czech, 1725–1793)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Engraved by: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
Engraved by: Manuel Salvador Carmona (Spanish, 1734–1820)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (French, 1729–1786)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: Carlo Antonio Porporati (Italian, 1741–1816)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Italian, 1698–1782)
Publisher: Claude Jean-Baptiste Hérissant (French, 1719?–1775)
1780–82
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 38 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 27.8 x 22.5 x 4.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1706a-l
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: la vedova Herissant, 1780[-1782]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 706
Description(Paris: la vedova Herissant, 1780[-1782]) Quarto, 12 vols.; [v. 1] 200 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 2] 218 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 3] 204 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 4] 216 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 5] 226 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 6] 199 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 7] 210 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 8] 206 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 9] 201 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 10] 201 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 11] 180 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 12] 216 ll., plus 4 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped vellum boards with armorial stamp.
Author portrait; literary illustrations.
Author portrait; literary illustrations.
ProvenanceLord Stuart de Rothesay (British diplomat, 1779-1845 [arms on binding]); Thomas Eustace Smith (armorial bookplate); acquired from Henry Sotheran & Co., London, in 1913 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.