Daphnis
Salomon Gessner
(Swiss, 1730–1788)
Salomon Gessner
(Swiss, 1730–1788)
1754
Place of PublicationZurich, Switzerland
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with six etchings and two woodcut vignettes
DimensionsOverall: 15.4 x 10.4 x 1.3 cm (6 1/16 x 4 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession number41.306
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Zurich: Gessner, 1754
ProvenanceOwnership inscriptions dated 1891 on front flyleaf; purchased from Hellmut Domizlaff, Munich, in 1936 by Philip Hofer, Cambridge (1898-1984), by whom given to MFA, May 8, 1941.