Oeuvres de Salomon Gessner (Tome III)
Author, Swiss, 1730 - 1788
Engraver, French, 1759 - 1829
Engraver, French, 1741 - 1808 or after
Engraver, French, 1755 - c. 1804
Engraver
Engraver, French, 1730 - probably 1809
Engraver, French, 1730 - 1792
Engraver, French, 1760 - c. 1812
Artist, French, c. 1750 - 1812
Translator, 1727 - 1804
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume (third of three) with etched and engraved illustrations: 1 title page, 1 frontispiece, 9 plates, 6 tailpieces, and 2 headpieces
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 28.4 x 21.2 cm (11 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
overall: 29.2 x 21.9 cm (11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2002.74.3
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Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen 1912, no. 433-434
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Wolfgang J. Kaiser, Kaiser am Main); purchased 2002 by NGA
Associated Names
Bibliography
1912
Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. 6th edition revised and enlarged by Seymour de Ricci. Paris: Librairie A. Rouquette, 1912: 433-434.