L'art du Dix-Huitieme Siecle (2 vols.)
Paris: A. Quantin, 1880-1882. Third edition. Hardbound. 2 vols. Red library buckram, gilt letters on spine. V1: 480 pp. 35 photogravures. V2: 474 pp. 35 photogravures; set weighs 12.5 lbs. VG- (Though bound in matching buckram by library owner, the titling on the spines doesn't match. Internally, untrimmed page edges. Clean. ex archival library copy with perforation stamp on title, and red withdrawn stamp on last page, small white letters on lower spine; pages are good.). Item #36150
Text is in French. A two-volume set that addresses Art and Artists of the 18th Century. Volume 1 contains chapters on Jean-Antoine Watteau, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, Francois Boucher, Maurice Quentin de la Tour, Jean-Baptiste Greuze and Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin. Volume 2 contains chapters on Hubert-Francois Gravelot, Charles-Nicolas Cochin, Francois Eisen, Jean-Michel Moreau, Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Jean-Honore Fragonard and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Includes illustrations of selected artwork. A very nice set of this classic, in an institutional utility binding.
Price: $250.00