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Le Cabinet de Lampsaque, ou choix d'épigrammes érotiques des plus célèbres poëtes françois

Attributed to: Claude-Louis Desrais (French, 1746–1816)
Attributed to: Pierre-Thomas LeClerc (French, about 1740–after 1799)
1784
Place of Publication: Paris?, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 101 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 13.2 x 9 x 2.3 cm (5 3/16 x 3 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1571
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
"Paphos" [i.e., Paris?]: 1784

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 197
Description("Paphos" [i.e., Paris?]: 1784) 16mo, two volumes in one; [v. 1] 26 leaves, plus 49 plates; [v. 2] 27 ll., plus 52 pls.; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped brown morocco (Riviere & Son).

Erotic illustrations.
ProvenanceRudolf August Witthaus (armorial booklabel); acquired in 1927 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.