Description
Allegorical engraving depicting figures holding musical instruments and cherubs presenting offerings, dated 1788. Reverse copy of frontispiece from an earlier copy of Lucretius’s “De la Nature des Choses,” translated by M.LG, Paris, 1768.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Lagrange.
Medium: Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 13.5 x 20.6 cm (5.31 x 8.11 inch). Image size: 13.5 x 20.6 cm. (5.31 x 8.11 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LUCRETIUS, ALLEGORY, FRENCH TRANSLATION, ENLIGHTENMENT, 18TH CENTURY, CLASSICAL TEXTS, FRONTISPIECE | PCO-E100-11
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Later edition of French translation of Lucretius’s “De la Nature des Choses” by M. de La Grange, published by P. Bleuet in 1768.
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