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Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, avec le poème d'Adonis
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: A. B. Duhamel (French, 1736–after 1800)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jacques-Louis Petit (French, 1760–about 1812)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Portrait(s) designed by: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
Engraved by: Pierre Audouin (French, 1768–1822)
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: A. B. Duhamel (French, 1736–after 1800)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jacques-Louis Petit (French, 1760–about 1812)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Portrait(s) designed by: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
Engraved by: Pierre Audouin (French, 1768–1822)
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
1795
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with nine etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 31.3 x 23.9 x 2.8 cm (12 5/16 x 9 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2373
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Didot le jeune, l'an troisième [1795]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 583; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 56
Description(Paris: Didot le jeune, l'an troisième [1795]) Large quarto; 119 leaves, plus 9 plates; nineteenth-century gilt- and blind-stamped half brown calf, marbled paper boards.
Literary illustrations; author portrait.
First edition with these illustrations; this copy is on "vélin" paper and is uncut. The frontispiece portrait is engraved by Audouin after Rigaud; the illustrations are all after Moreau.
Literary illustrations; author portrait.
First edition with these illustrations; this copy is on "vélin" paper and is uncut. The frontispiece portrait is engraved by Audouin after Rigaud; the illustrations are all after Moreau.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1905 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.