Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide...
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Book of modern green marbled boards and greed gilt morocco with label on spine containing 199 plates.
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Title: Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide...
Series/Portfolio: Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, Traduction nouvelle Avec le texte latin, suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des Fables, de notes géographiques, historiques, mythologiques et critiques, Par M.G.T. Villenave; ornée de gravures d'après les dessins de MM. LeBarbier, Monsiau et Moreau. A Paris, Chez les Éditeurs, F. Gay Libraire, rue de la Harpe, Bureau de la Bible; Ch. Guestard, Avocat, rue Saint Germain-l'Auxerrois. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné. MDCCCVI.
Artist:
Abraham Pietersz Hulk (Dutch, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Artist:
Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809 Paris)
Artist:
Jean Nicolas Adam (French, Paris 1786–ca. 1840 Paris)
Artist:
Pierre Charles Baquoy (French, 1759–1829)
Artist:
Louis Marie Yves Queverdo (French, born Paris 1788)
Artist:
Emmanuel Jean de Ghendt (Flemish, Saint Niklaas 1738–1815 Paris)
Artist:
Rémi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, Paris 1748/50–1823 Paris)
Artist:
Auguste Delvaux (French, active 19th century)
Artist:
Etienne Devilliers (French, active 19th century)
Artist:
Antoine Abraham Devilliers (French, Paris 1784–1818 Paris)
Artist:
Claude François Fortier (French, Paris 1775–1835 Paris)
Artist:
Philippe Trière (French, Paris 1756–1815 Paris)
Artist:
Wilbrod-Nicolas-Magloire Courbe (French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Artist:
Vincent Marie Langlois, le Jeune (French, born Paris, 1756)
Artist:
Robert de Launay (French, Paris 1749–1814 Paris)
Artist:
Nicolas Ponce (French, Paris, 1746–1831 Paris)
Artist:
George Malbeste (French, Paris 1754–1843 Paris)
Artist:
Heina (French, 19th century)
Artist:
François Pigeot (French, born Paris, 1775)
Artist:
Louis François Mariage (French, active 19th century)
Artist:
Antoine Claude François Villerey (French, 1754–1848)
Artist:
Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736–1807 Paris)
Artist:
François Manceau (French, 1768– ca. 1837)
Artist:
Pierre Michel Adam (French, 1799–1853)
Artist:
Pierre Philippe Choffard (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris)
Artist:
Jean Dambrun (French, Paris 1741–after 1808)
Artist:
N. Thomas (French, ca. 1750–ca. 1812)
Artist:
Charles Abraham Chasselat (French, Paris 1782–1843 Paris)
Artist:
Jean Bernard Duvivier (French/Dutch, Bruges 1762–1837 Paris)
Artist:
Fréderic Cazenave (French, active 1793–1843)
Artist:
Migueret (French, 19th century)
Artist:
Guiot (French, 19th century)
Artist:
Philibert Boutrois (French, active 1775–1814)
Artist:
Georges Louis Biosse (French, 1752–1806)
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After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
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After Jean Jacques François Le Barbier (French, Rouen 1738–1826 Paris)
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After Nicolas André Monsiaux (French, Paris 1754–1837 Paris)
Author:
Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia)
Translator:
Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse de Villenave (French, Haute-Garonne 1762–1846 Paris)
Printer:
Pierre Didot l'ainé (French, 1761–1853)
Publisher:
F. Gay (French)
Publisher:
Ch. Guestard (French)
Date: published 1806–22
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Overall: 12 1/8 × 9 5/16 × 1 7/8 in. (30.8 × 23.6 × 4.7 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Object Number: 45.8.3(1-199)
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