Traduction nouvelle ... ; Hero et Leandre, published 1773

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2 works bound as 1 vol: etch. & engr. by J. Massard after C. Eisen (includes trial proofs) plus hand-colored counterproofs for "Traduction nouvelles"which also includes texts by Bion of Phossa, Sappho, and Moschus of Syracuse; frontispiece by Duclosafter Eisen for "Hero et Leandre"

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.1212

Artists / Makers

Various Artists (artist)

Theocritus (author) Greek, c. 305 - c. 255 B.C.

Anacreon (author) Greek, born c. 570 B.C.

Jean Massard (artist) French, 1740 - 1822

Charles Eisen (artist after) French, 1720 - 1778

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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, 1912: col.80.