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Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Printer: Joseph Gérard Barbou (French, 1723–1790)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Printer: Joseph Gérard Barbou (French, 1723–1790)
1762
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 15.7 x 9.7 x 2.8 cm (6 3/16 x 3 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1654a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Barbou, 1762
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 774
Description(Paris: Barbou, 1762) Duodecimo, three vols.; [v. 1] 172 leaves, plus frontispiece; [v. 2] 194 ll., plus frontisp.; [v. 3] 198 ll., plus frontisp.; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.
Illustrations to Ovid's works. Frontispiece in each volume, engraved by de Longueil and Baquoy after Eisen; vignettes in each by Baquoy after Eisen. The colophon states that the types used were cut by P. S. Fournier the younger.
Illustrations to Ovid's works. Frontispiece in each volume, engraved by de Longueil and Baquoy after Eisen; vignettes in each by Baquoy after Eisen. The colophon states that the types used were cut by P. S. Fournier the younger.
ProvenanceUnidentified armorial bookplate with motto "Timor dei nobilitas"; acquired in 1912 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.