Painter, engraver and draughtsman (1720-1778)

A nurse gives a man an enema. Colour line engraving by C.J.D. Eisen after himself, 1762.

Surgery: a doctoral candidate defending a thesis in surgery at the Académie Royale de Chirurgie, Paris. Etching by P.F. Tardieu after C. Eisen, 1751.

Hercules and Antaeus. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

A charitable lady visiting a sick man and his family: with a crest. Line engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1773, after C.D.J. Eisen.

Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by N. Le Mire after C. Eisen.

A sick woman is attended to by three men. Colour line engraving by C.J.D. Eisen after himself, 1762.

Death of Caesar: Caesar is carried out of the Senate where he had been assassinated by a group of senatorial conspirators led by Cassius Longinus and Marcus Iunius Brutus on the ides of March. Engraving by L. Le Grand after C. Eisen.

2 volumes (4 unnumbered pages, xxx, 2 unnumbered pages, 180; 4 unnumbered pages, 181-450 pages) : portrait (engraving) ; 22 cm (8vo)

Anti-Lucretius, sive, De Deo et natura, libri novem / Melchioris de Polignac opus posthumum ; Caroli d'Orleans de Rothelin cura et studio editioni mandatum.

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 20.8 x 14.8 cm

Daedalus pushes his nephew Perdix off the top of a tower: as he falls, Perdix is transformed by Minerva into a partridge. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

1 print : line engraving, printed in sanguine ; border 10.5 x 6.7 cm

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Anti-Lucretius, sive, De Deo et natura, libri novem / Melchioris de Polignac opus posthumum ; Caroli d'Orleans de Rothelin cura et studio editioni mandatum.

A charitable lady visiting a sick man and his family: with a crest. Line engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1773, after C.D.J. Eisen.

Daedalus pushes his nephew Perdix off the top of a tower: as he falls, Perdix is transformed by Minerva into a partridge. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

A nurse gives a man an enema. Colour line engraving by C.J.D. Eisen after himself, 1762.

Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by N. Le Mire after C. Eisen.

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