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Moreau, Jean Michel, 1741-1814, Mercier, Léon, 1873-, former owner, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1780 · Paris, Chez l'auteur [178-] · 117 pictures

An 18th-century French book of engraved plates, made by the illustrator Jean Michel Moreau and published in Paris around 1780 as prints meant to decorate other editions. The plates show classical scenes in architectural settings, with figures in draped robes, columns, and crowded groups, offering a designer clean examples of neoclassical staging, grouped figures, and linear engraving that frames each scene within a ruled border.

France · Illustration of books · Paris · Pictures · Voltaire

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