Accession number
Heineman 317
Creator
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.
Published
Paris : Chez Prault, 1767-1771.
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection, 1977.
Notes
The frontispiece, dedication, cul-de-lamps, title fleurons of v. 1-3, and the vignettes were designed and engraved by Choffard, and the fleuron in v. 4 and 4 vignettes are by Monnet, engraved by Choffard. Each of the 139 plates is in 2 states, eau-forte without the garland decoration at the top, and avant-lettre ... On the inside front cover of v. 1 is pasted a pen and ink drawing by Choffard.
Description
4 v., engr. plates : fronts. ; 27 cm
Provenance
Dannie and Hettie Heineman. Blondel d'Azincourt, A.A. Renouard, Baron Thibon, Eugene Paillet and Henri Beraldi.
Binding
Full contemporary. black morocco., gilt, rose silk doublures and end-papers with the device of Blondel d'Azincourt at the corners of the covers, signed by Derôme le Jeune with his ticket in v. 1.
Classification
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