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Les Métamorphoses...traduction nouvelle avec le texte latin
Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Illustrated by: Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier (French, 1738–1826)
Illustrated by: Nicolas-André Monsiau (French, 1754/55–1837)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Charles-Abraham Chasselat (French, 1782–1843)
Illustrated by: Benjamin Duvivier (French, 1730–1819)
Engraved by: Pierre-Charles Baquoy (1759–1829)
Engraved by: Wilbrode-Magloire-Nicolas Courbe (French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Vincent Marie Langlois (French, born in 1756)
Engraved by: Georges Malbeste (French, 1754–1843)
Engraved by: François Marie Isidore Queverdo (French, 1748–about 1808)
Engraved by: N. Thomas (French, about 1750–about 1812)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Antoine-Claude-François Villerey (French, 1754–1828)
Printer: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)
Illustrated by: Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier (French, 1738–1826)
Illustrated by: Nicolas-André Monsiau (French, 1754/55–1837)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Charles-Abraham Chasselat (French, 1782–1843)
Illustrated by: Benjamin Duvivier (French, 1730–1819)
Engraved by: Pierre-Charles Baquoy (1759–1829)
Engraved by: Wilbrode-Magloire-Nicolas Courbe (French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Vincent Marie Langlois (French, born in 1756)
Engraved by: Georges Malbeste (French, 1754–1843)
Engraved by: François Marie Isidore Queverdo (French, 1748–about 1808)
Engraved by: N. Thomas (French, about 1750–about 1812)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Antoine-Claude-François Villerey (French, 1754–1828)
Printer: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)
1806
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 144 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 31.6 x 24 x 7 cm (12 7/16 x 9 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2385a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Chez les éditeurs, F. Gay, Ch. Guestard, 1806
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 773-74; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 96
Description(Paris: Chez les éditeurs, F. Gay, Ch. Guestard, 1806) Large quarto, four vols.; [v. 1] lxviii, 331 pp., plus plates; [v. 2] [2 ff.], 418 pp., plus pls.; [v. 3] 460 pp., plus pls.; [v. 4] [2. ff.] 559 pp., plus pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped red paper boards.
Literary illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Despite the 1806 date on all four volumes, the fourth volume (with only Gay listed as publisher) evidently appeared much later, as several plates carry dates as late as 1821. The majority of the illustrations are after drawings by Le Barbier, Moreau, and Monsiau, but several in the last volume are after Duvivier and Chasselat.
Literary illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Despite the 1806 date on all four volumes, the fourth volume (with only Gay listed as publisher) evidently appeared much later, as several plates carry dates as late as 1821. The majority of the illustrations are after drawings by Le Barbier, Moreau, and Monsiau, but several in the last volume are after Duvivier and Chasselat.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1927 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.