Ch. Eisen inv delin Patas sculp [c.1760]
AParis Chez Hénaut et Rapilly Rue St. Jacques à la Croix de Lorraine Avec Priv. du Roi
Engraving, sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Allegorical pastoral scene after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 44941]  £260.00