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Mercury and Battus

Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
After: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)

Medium/Technique Etching/engraving
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM18696
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsBound sets

DescriptionSingle plate from bound set of 142 proofs before letters of illustrations to Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide, published from 1767-1771. Also bound in is original 1766 letterpress prospectus for published edition. Volume is composed of 142 leaves, bound in modern gilt-stamped green morocco.
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 1/1/1901 [exact to year]