Cent chef-d'oeuvre des collections Parisiennes
Paris: George Petit, 1883. Softcover. Twelve-volume set, (missing Vol. I) each in blue paper wraps with illustration and red lettering; taped spines, as issued; 117 bw plates/illustrations and 120 pp. text on rag paper. Missing Volume 1 (plates/illustrations 1-8 and text pages 1-9, although title page and introduction are present); missing plates 62-64 and 117. Text clean and in NF condition; plates very clean. Some light sunning to some edges and a bit of fragility to some edges of the rag paper and blue wraps. Item #138938
Text in French. Includes list of engraved plates/illustrations, in order of appearance, that were, at the time of publication, held in collections of Parisians. Illustrations are within the texts, but plates are loose and suitable for framing. Some images are signed by the artist and some by the engraver. There are indices at the back, dividing the artists' works into sections of modern and older works, in alphabetical order, with number corresponding to the list of plates. A very rare work.
Price: $900.00