PICART (Bernard), Le temple des muses orné de LX. tableaux où sont représentés les événements les plus remarquables de l'antiquité fabuleuse.

Le temple des muses orné de LX. tableaux où sont représentés les événements les plus remarquables de l'antiquité fabuleuse.

Amsterdam 1733; chez Zacharie Chatelain. Folio, p. [6], p. 152, p. [2], frontispiece and 2 vignettes in copperplate, 60 copperplate engravings on separate plates, period leather binding with gilt on spine.
Inscriptions on title page in red and black. Abrasions of binding, cracks in leather at spine, pages with staining and browning, copperplate pages in good condition. A comprehensive collection of popular mythological scenes taken from the legends of the ancient Greeks and Romans (Among others: Atlas holding the world; Titans; part of the works of Hercules; Pygmalion; Giants; the soothsaying of Cassandra). The folio-sized copperplate engravings were made according to the works of Bernard Picart (1673-1733), a prominent French engraver, illustrator and book illustrator. Each panel is accompanied by cards with textual descriptions, the contents of which are myths, legends and stories.