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Longus (author); plates etched by Benoît Audran II after Philippe II, duc d' Orléans and Antoine Coypel; borders etched by Simon Fokke after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II and Charles Eisen

Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé, published 1757

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Medium

1 vol: text and ill: 29 plates (versos blank) etched by Benoît Audran after Philippe II, duc d' Orléans and Antoine Coypel; 8 tail-pieces etched by Simon Fokke after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II and 8 head-pieces etched by Simon Fokke after Charles Eisen

Dimensions

page size: 20 x 15.2 cm (7 7/8 x 6 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 21 x 16.3 x 4.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Katharine Shepard Fund

Accession Number

1996.36.1

Artists / Makers

Longus (author) Greek, active 3rd century

Simon Fokke (etcher) Netherlandish, 1712 - 1784

Benoît Audran II (etcher) French, 1698 - 1772

Philippe II, duc d' Orléans (artist after) French, 1674 - 1723

Charles Eisen (artist after) French, 1720 - 1778

Antoine Coypel (artist after) French, 1661 - 1722

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II (artist after) French, 1715 - 1790

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Provenance

Theodore H. Broadhead (book plate); C.H. St. John Hornby (1867-1946), Shelley House, Chelsea (book plate); Museo Hans Furstenberg (book plate) (his sale, London, Sotheby's, 7-8 December 1995, lot 384); (Marlborough Rare Books, Ltd., London); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Marlborough Rare Books Ltd.