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Les Métamorphoses...en latin et en françois de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier
Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Illustrated by: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
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 Delormel (French, 18th century)
Printer: Laurent François Prault (French, 1712–1780)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Illustrated by: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
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 Delormel (French, 18th century)
Printer: Laurent François Prault (French, 1712–1780)
1767–71
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 178 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 25.8 x 20.3 x 3.5 cm (10 3/16 x 8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1711a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Prault, for Delormel, 1767-1771
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 769-772; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 62
Description(Paris: Prault, for Delormel, 1767-1771) Quarto, four vols.; [v. 1] 180 leaves, plus 50 plates; [v. 2] 182 ll., plus 33 pls.; [v. 3] 184 ll., plus 37 pls.; [v. 4] 192 ll., plus 22 pls.; modern gilt-stamped red morocco (Allo[?]).
Engraved title, dedication, illustrations to Ovid's poem, decorative and allegorical headpieces and fleurons, tailpiece of vol. 4 featuring illustrators and engravers.
Begun as a subscription project by Basan and Le Mire to engrave a large series of illustrations to the Metamorphoses, which were then to be included in the translation published in 1767-1771. The original prospectus (a copy of which is bound in the MFA volume of proofs [M18663ff.]) is datable to May of 1766; in it, the finest proofs were to be reserved for subscribers. The book publication was split between a group of ten booksellers; the printing was by Prault. This MFA copy was published by Delormel. Eisen had the largest number of illustrations, some 58 of the 140. The remaining illustrators are listed in the constituents. See Bibliography for helpful discussion by Griffiths.
The MFA also owns (M18663-M18804) a bound volume of proofs before letters of all the plates; it also includes the original letterpress prospectus for the series. Another volume of plates only (with letters) is 37.1710.
Engraved title, dedication, illustrations to Ovid's poem, decorative and allegorical headpieces and fleurons, tailpiece of vol. 4 featuring illustrators and engravers.
Begun as a subscription project by Basan and Le Mire to engrave a large series of illustrations to the Metamorphoses, which were then to be included in the translation published in 1767-1771. The original prospectus (a copy of which is bound in the MFA volume of proofs [M18663ff.]) is datable to May of 1766; in it, the finest proofs were to be reserved for subscribers. The book publication was split between a group of ten booksellers; the printing was by Prault. This MFA copy was published by Delormel. Eisen had the largest number of illustrations, some 58 of the 140. The remaining illustrators are listed in the constituents. See Bibliography for helpful discussion by Griffiths.
The MFA also owns (M18663-M18804) a bound volume of proofs before letters of all the plates; it also includes the original letterpress prospectus for the series. Another volume of plates only (with letters) is 37.1710.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1924 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.