The writer Jean-François de La Harpe (1739-1803) lived a tumultuous life; orphaned at nine, arrested while still a student, suicide of his first wife, fired from the Mercure, performances that cause scandal, and finally confined to Luxembourg prison where he converted to Christianity. Throughout all this, he wrote plays, literary criticism, poetry, translations, and essays, resulting in nearly 3,000 entries in OCLC.
His poems Tangu et Félime were first published in 1780 by Noël-Jacques Pissot (ca. 1724-1804), with a frontispiece by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808); and additional engraving by Emmanuel De Ghendt (1738-1815); Jean Dambrun (born 1741); Louis-Michel Halbou (1730-ca. 1809); and Nicolas Ponce (1746-1831) after drawings by Marillier. An English language translation was published in 1928 under the title, Three Gifts. An Arab Love Story, reproducing the same plates
Jean-François de La Harpe (1739-1803), Tangu et Félime: poëme en IV chants. Frontispiece by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808); and engravings by Emmanuel De Ghendt (1738-1815); Jean Dambrun (born 1741); Louis-Michel Halbou (1730-ca. 1809); Nicolas Ponce (1746-1831) after Marillier. Edited by Noël-Jacques Pissot (ca. 1724-1804) (Paris: Chez Pissot, 1780). Graphic Arts Collection GAX 2018- in process
See: Henri Cohen. Guide de l’amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. Paris, 1912: Marquand Library 0410.261.
