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Lucrèce, de la nature des choses
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Lucrèce, de la nature des choses
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Engraved by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Author: Titus Lucretius Carus
Publisher: Bleuet (18th century)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
Engraved by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Author: Titus Lucretius Carus
Publisher: Bleuet (18th century)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
1794
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with eight etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 32.4 x 25.5 x 4.5 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2380a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Didot le jeune, for Bleuet, l'an deuxième [1794]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 665
Description(Paris: Didot le jeune, for Bleuet, l'an deuxième [1794]) Quarto, two vols.; [v. 1] 179 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 2] 213 ll., plus 4 pls.; later gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.
Allegorical and literary illustrations.
Allegorical and literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1925 from Lardanchet, Lyons, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.