Antoine Watteau
Paris, France: H. Piazza et cie, 1904. 165/500. Hardcover. Textured cream cloth with gilt lettering, color illustrated frontispiece, bw illustrated title page, XVII, 226 pp. with color and bw plates. Each plate has a descriptive guard sheet. Good (heavy soiling and wear to boards, pages are lightly age toned as expected but otherwise very clean and clear). Item #188456
Text in French. Hand-numbered 165 of 500 copies. Each tissue guard lists the work's title, medium and (at the time) museum or collection of ownership. "List of the main museums and large collections containing important works by Watteau": pages [221] -222. Bibliography": pages 223-224. Includes an introduction by Leonce Benedite.
OCLC: 2309852
Price: $180.00