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Les Métamorphoses...gravées sur les desseins des meilleurs peintres français.
Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Illustrated by: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Philippe Louis Parizeau (French, 1740–1801)
Illustrated by: Etienne-Pierre Gois (French, 1731–1823)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
Engraved by: Louis Binet (French, 1744–about 1800)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743–1806)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Louis Legrand (French, 1723–1807)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Jacques Le Roy (French, born in 1739)
Engraved by: Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (French, 1729–1786)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: Simon Charles Miger (French, 1736–1820)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Engraved by: Jean François Rousseau (French, born in 1740)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Publisher: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
Publisher: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Illustrated by: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Philippe Louis Parizeau (French, 1740–1801)
Illustrated by: Etienne-Pierre Gois (French, 1731–1823)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
Engraved by: Louis Binet (French, 1744–about 1800)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743–1806)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Louis Legrand (French, 1723–1807)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Jacques Le Roy (French, born in 1739)
Engraved by: Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (French, 1729–1786)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: Simon Charles Miger (French, 1736–1820)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Engraved by: Jean François Rousseau (French, born in 1740)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Publisher: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
Publisher: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
1767–71
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Bound set of 141 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 26.6 x 21 x 3.5 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1710
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets
Paris: Basan and Le Mire [1767-1771]
Description(Paris: Basan and Le Mire [1767-1771]) Quarto; 141 leaves; modern gilt-stamped red morocco.
Engraved title; illustrations to Ovid's poem. A bound set of the 140 full-page illustrations to Ovid, plus engraved title, commissioned by Basan and Le Mire, later incorporated into the four-volume translation published from 1767 to 1771 by a group of booksellers (MFA copy: 37.1711a-d). Also included in the book were a number of fleurons, headpieces, and one tailpiece designed and mostly etched by Choffard. The MFA also owns a bound set of these illustrations in proof state before letters (M18663-M18804). The illustrators and engravers are listed in the constituents.
Engraved title; illustrations to Ovid's poem. A bound set of the 140 full-page illustrations to Ovid, plus engraved title, commissioned by Basan and Le Mire, later incorporated into the four-volume translation published from 1767 to 1771 by a group of booksellers (MFA copy: 37.1711a-d). Also included in the book were a number of fleurons, headpieces, and one tailpiece designed and mostly etched by Choffard. The MFA also owns a bound set of these illustrations in proof state before letters (M18663-M18804). The illustrators and engravers are listed in the constituents.
ProvenanceRobson & Kerslake Booksellers, London (label); acquired in 1905 from Maggs, London, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.