The temple of the muses;. or, the principal histories of fabulous antiquity, represented in sixty sculptures; designed and ingraved by Bernard Picart Le Romain, and other celebrated masters. With explications and remarks, which discover the true meaning of the several fables, and their foundations in history.
Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais (d.1757)
Category
Books
Date
1733
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3216932
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],XXIV,153,[3]p.,plates ; fol.. Provenance: Twentieth-century blue ink stamp on front free endpaper: "Springhill". Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf, red edges; spine with seven raised bands, spine title label "Temple of ye Muses".
Makers and roles
Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais (d.1757), author Bernard Picart (Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733), engraver (printmaker)