Title Page of the Second Volume of Gessner's Collected Literary Works

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Tablet decorated with a garland and a trophy of pastoral emblems. First two lines of the text: "SALOMON GESSNERS/SCHRIFFTEN". Paper margins. On verso: "Chiffre B v(or u) Cl."
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Print Maker
Salomon Gessner, Swiss, 1730 - 1788
Date
1778
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
18.1 × 13.5 cm (7 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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