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Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé

Engraved by: Benoît Audran I (Franco–Dutch or German, 1661–1721)
Engraved by: Anne Claude Philippe, comte de Caylus (French, 1692–1757)
Engraved by: Jean-Baptiste Scotin (French, born in 1678)
After: Philippe Orléans duc d' (French, 1674–1723)
After: Antoine Coypel (French, 1661–1722)
Author: Longus
Printer: Gabriel François Quillau (French, died in 1752)
1718
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 31 engravings
Dimensions Overall: 16.3 x 10.9 x 2.2 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1724
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Paris: Quillau] 1718

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 649; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 2
Description([Paris: Quillau] 1718) Octavo; 88 leaves, plus plates (some folding); early nineteenth-century gilt-stamped blue morocco

Engraved title, headpiece, and literary illustrations
ProvenancePresentation inscription dated 1864 on front flyleaf verso from [Delecluze?] to Jules Janin [his label front pastedown]; acquired in 1918 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.