Le tableau de la volupté, ou, Les quatre parties du jour : poeme en vers libres / par M.D.B
Etchings/engravings signed: Ch. Eisen, inv[enit]; De Longueil, scul[psit].
Green morocco binding with gilt three-line fillet border; gold tooling on spine, spine divided into six compartments with gilt title and publication date in two, five raised bands decorated with gilt dots), gilt inner dentelle, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers
Artwork Details
- Title: Le tableau de la volupté, ou, Les quatre parties du jour : poeme en vers libres / par M.D.B
- Author: Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson
- Illustrator: Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels)
- Engraver: Joseph de Longueil (French, Givet, Ardennes 1730–1792 Paris)
- Date: 1771
- Geography: Paris, France
- Dimensions: 68 pages, [4] leaves of plates ; illustrations (etching/engravings) ; Height: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
- Object Number: PQ1981.D53 T33 1771
- Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library
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