Degas et son oeuvre (4 vols.)
Paris: Paul Brame and C.M. De Hauke, 1946-1949. Original. Hardbound. 4 vols., sky-blue cloth. Vol. 1: 281 pp, list of photographs and table of contents. Vol. 2: xiii, 407 pp. 716 + bw photographs. Vo. 3: pp. 407-839, photographs 717-1466. Vol. 4: 157 pp. with various tables and indexes organized by different criteria. VG, clean, tight copies in general. The spine text on Vol. I has rubbed off; spines on Vols. I and II have some age toning; Vols. III and IV have clear acetate covers, but they are torn, and the one on Vol. IV has a large piece missing. Back corner bumped on Vol. IV. Item #143072
ISBN: 0824055268
Vol. 1-4 text is in French. All with the goal to catalog all of the work of French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917). Contents are divided thusly: v,1 Jeunesse de Degas, ses premieres oeuvres, voyages en Italie, etc. -- v.2-3 Peintures et pastels, etc. -- v.4 -- Table des illustrations, etc. #920 of a limited edition of 1030. A later Supplement was issued in 1984 but is not present.
Price: $1,500.00