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Les metamorphoses d'Ovide, en latin, traduites en françois, avec des remarques, et des explications historiques
Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Engraved by: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
Engraved by: Philip van Gunst (Dutch, 1685–1732)
Engraved by: Jan Wandelaar (Dutch, 1690–1759)
Engraved by: Balthasar Bernaerts (Dutch, active 1711–1737)
Engraved by: Joseph Mulder (Dutch, born about 1659/1660)
Engraved by: Martin Bouché (Flemish (worked in England), about 1640–1693)
Engraved by: Peter Paul Bouché (Flemish, worked in England, born about 1646)
Engraved by: Jan Schenk (Dutch, active 1731–1746)
Engraved by: Jacob Folkema (Dutch, 1692–1767)
Engraved by: Wouter Jongman (Dutch, active 1712–1744)
Engraved by: Frederic Bouttats (Flemish, 1610–1675)
After: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
After: Godfried Maes (Netherlandish, 1649–1700)
After: Jacob de Wit (Netherlandish, 1695–1754)
After: Giulio Romano (Italian, c. 1499–1546)
After: Louis Fabritius Dubourg (Dutch, 1693–1775)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
After: Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)
After: Sébastien Leclerc (French, 1637–1714)
After: Jan Punt (Dutch, 1711–1779)
Printer and Publisher: Jacob Wetstein (Dutch, active 1721–1750)
Printer and Publisher: Rudolf Wetstein (Dutch, active 1701–1730)
Engraved by: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
Engraved by: Philip van Gunst (Dutch, 1685–1732)
Engraved by: Jan Wandelaar (Dutch, 1690–1759)
Engraved by: Balthasar Bernaerts (Dutch, active 1711–1737)
Engraved by: Joseph Mulder (Dutch, born about 1659/1660)
Engraved by: Martin Bouché (Flemish (worked in England), about 1640–1693)
Engraved by: Peter Paul Bouché (Flemish, worked in England, born about 1646)
Engraved by: Jan Schenk (Dutch, active 1731–1746)
Engraved by: Jacob Folkema (Dutch, 1692–1767)
Engraved by: Wouter Jongman (Dutch, active 1712–1744)
Engraved by: Frederic Bouttats (Flemish, 1610–1675)
After: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
After: Godfried Maes (Netherlandish, 1649–1700)
After: Jacob de Wit (Netherlandish, 1695–1754)
After: Giulio Romano (Italian, c. 1499–1546)
After: Louis Fabritius Dubourg (Dutch, 1693–1775)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
After: Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)
After: Sébastien Leclerc (French, 1637–1714)
After: Jan Punt (Dutch, 1711–1779)
Printer and Publisher: Jacob Wetstein (Dutch, active 1721–1750)
Printer and Publisher: Rudolf Wetstein (Dutch, active 1701–1730)
1732
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 134 engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol.): 45.5 x 31 x 3.5 cm (17 15/16 x 12 3/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2407a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam: R. & J. Wetstein & G. Smith, 1732
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 768
Description(Amsterdam: R. & J. Wetstein & G. Smith, 1732) Folio, 2 vols.; [v. 1] 130 leaves, plus one plate; [v. 2] 141 leaves; modern half gilt-stamped red morocco, red marbled paper boards.
Engraved frontispiece; illustrations to Ovid's tales; decorative vignettes. First edition of this translation by the abbé (Antoine) Banier (1673-1741). A simultaneous edition in Latin and English was issued by the same publishers in the same year. Some of the plates were used previously in a Brussels 1677 edition of the Metamorphoses (MFA copy: BR1425). At least one of the plates is initialled HA as designer; a woodcut headpiece with a bust of Homer [!] is signed "J. in."
Another MFA copy: 30.1035.
Engraved frontispiece; illustrations to Ovid's tales; decorative vignettes. First edition of this translation by the abbé (Antoine) Banier (1673-1741). A simultaneous edition in Latin and English was issued by the same publishers in the same year. Some of the plates were used previously in a Brussels 1677 edition of the Metamorphoses (MFA copy: BR1425). At least one of the plates is initialled HA as designer; a woodcut headpiece with a bust of Homer [!] is signed "J. in."
Another MFA copy: 30.1035.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1916 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.