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Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé

Illustrated by: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823)
Illustrated by: Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770–1837)
Engraved by: François Godefroy (French, 1743–1819)
Engraved by: Henri Marais (French, born about 1768)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Raphael Urbain Massard (French, 1775–1843)
Author: Longus
Printer and Publisher: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)
1800
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with seven etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 24.3 x 2.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2378
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1800

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 656; Ray, French Illustrated Books, 76
Description(Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1800) Quarto; viii, 200 pp., plus 7 plates; modern gilt-stamped blue morocco (Andrew Grieve, Edinburgh).

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceWilliam A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.