Details

Illus

• Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824 [Browse]
• Gérard, François, 1770-1837 [Browse]
• David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825 [Browse]

Editor

• Didot, Pierre, 1761-1853 [Browse]

Related name

• Smith, C. Binding [Browse]

Notes

• Half-title: Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera.
• 250 copies printed. No. 88.
• Plates by various engravers after designs ascribed to A. L. Girodet and François Gérard.
• Accompanied by a portfolio containing 45 proofs before letters of 22 of the plates and 2 original drawings by Girodet (in pen-and-ink and wash). The designs of 4 plates ascribed to Gérard in the book are ascribed instead to David in the proofs.
• Provenance: A. V. Odero (bookplate); Hector de Backer. According to dealer's note, Maurice Pereire collected the proofs.

LCCN

73206969

OCLC

5530258

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