Boucher: Premier Peintre du Roi
Paris: Henri Floury, Editeur, 1925. Paperback. Gray paper wraps with black and red lettering. 208 pp. BW and color plates. Text in French. Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. More
Paris: Henri Floury, Editeur, 1925. Paperback. Gray paper wraps with black and red lettering. 208 pp. BW and color plates. Text in French. Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. More
Paris, France: Goupil & Cie. 1905. NLimited to 425 copies, this being No. 29. Hardcover. Original paper printed wraps, glued. Color frontis with tissue guard. 159, (5) pp. 61 illustrations. Text is in French. A very clean copy. More
Paris, France: Goupil & Cie. 1905. Hardcover. Blue leather cover with decorative gilt elements. Gilt lettering and design elements on 5 raised band spine. Red leather insert interior covers with gilt highlights. Sillk moire end pages. Full edge gilt. Decorative end pages. 163 pages illustrations, portraits (some color). Number 20..... More
Paris, France: Goupil & Cie. 1905. Hardcover. Blue leather cover with decorative gilt elements. Gilt lettering and design elements on 5 raised band spine. Full edge gilt. Decorative end pages. 163 pages illustrations, portraits (some color). Number 342 of 425. Text is in French. Limited Edition of 425 printed on..... More
Paris, France: Goupil & Cie. 1912. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters and decoration on spine, gilt top edges, marbled flyleaves, 278 pp. One color, 27 bw plates. Text is in French. An in-depth biography of Elisabeth Vigée-le Brun (1755-1842), a portrait artist for the court of Marie-Antoinette. Includes samples of..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1906. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. viii, 304 pp. Color illustrations. Illustrated by Rene Binet. More
Paris: Boussod, Valadon, 1896. Leather bound. Crushed Morocco blue leather boards with gilt stamped design on front cover. Spine has five raised bands with gilt lettering. Inside covers have blue and burgundy leather border with gilt tooling framing white floral silk. End pages are also white floral silk. Color illustrated..... More
Paris: Boussod, Valadon, 1896. Leather bound. Crushed Morocco blue leather boards with gilt stamped design on front cover. Spine has five raised bands with gilt lettering. Inside covers have blue and burgundy leather border with gilt tooling framing white floral silk. End pages are also white floral silk. Color illustrated..... More
Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1890. Leather bound. Crushed Morocco blue leather boards with gilt stamped design on front cover. Spine has five raised bands with gilt lettering. Inside covers have blue and burgundy leather border with gilt tooling framing white floral silk. End pages are also white floral silk..... More
Paris: Impr. Nationale, 1897. Inscribed and Signed by the Author. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY: Three-quarter black leather boards with five raised bands and gilt lettering and illustration in the compartments; illustrated endpapers;. Text in French. PRESENTATION COPY with ink inscription and signature by author. More
Paris: Goupil & Cie. 1903. 324/800. Softcover. Gray paper wraps with black lettering; 205 pp; 45 pages of plates (part double); illustrations and portraits in bw and color (including frontispiece). Issued in edition of 800 numbered copies, this is number 324. Text is in French. First page of each division..... More
Paris: Goupil, 1900. Leather bound. Blue leather boards with gilt stamped design on front cover, five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering, extensive gilt framed design inside covers with white floral silk end pages, top edge gilt, 189 pages, 42 unnumbered leaves of plates with descriptive tissue guards; illustrations..... More
Paris: Goupil, 1900. Leather bound. Blue-Greenish leather boards with gilt stamped designs on front cover, five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering, extensive gilt framed design inside covers with white floral silk end pages, top edge gilt, 189 pages, 42 unnumbered leaves of plates with descriptive tissue guards; illustrations..... More
Paris: Albert Morance, (not dated). Hardcover. Oversized portfolio bound in tan paper over boards with navy lettering and illustration on front cover; blue cloth spine; bw illustrated title page; 12 (4) pp; 60 bw plates. Text is in French. Les grands palais de France series. Includes a Preface and a...... More
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1900's. Hardcover. Oversized portfolio, tan paper boards with blue lettering, bw illustrated front cover; half-title page, title page with lack and blue lettering, bw illustration; 3 page description of plates, 60 plates. Text is in French. Includes a list of the 60 plates with brief descriptions..... More
Paris: L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1930. Hardcover. Marbled paper over boards; Dark green leather at corners and spine; Raised bands and gilt titling at spine; 131 pp.; 24 color plates with tissue overlay. Text in French; An extensive look at the life and work of French Rococo portraitist Maurice Quentin..... More
Paris, France: Goupil & Cie. 1908. Hardcover. Blue cloth. 168 pp. One color, 61 bw plates. A very in-depth biography of a portrait artist for the court of Marie-Antoinette, this impressive volume has all prints doubled on Japon paper, with intact tissue guards, and is extremely rare in this condition..... More
Paris, France: Goupil & Co., 1910. Hardcover. Maroon cloth. 264 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Text in French, extensive biography. More