[after Charles Eisen]
a Paris chez Basan [c.1760]
Engraving, platemark 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾") large margins.
Mythological 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 also included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, La Fontaine and Erasmus.
[Ref: 46491]  £110.00