French Painters of the XVIIIth Century [LIMITED EDITION]
London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. 50/200, hand-numbered on limitation page. Folio. xv, 230 (1)pp. Original light cloth, gilt decorated and with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece photogravure, with printed tissue guard. Title page printed in red and black with publisher's device. Decorative head and endpieces. With list of seventy-seven illustrations at front, including twelve in photogravure. Errata slip tipped in on list with abbreviations at front. Extensive account of French painting in the 18th Century with chapter on the Royal Academy. Richly illustrated with photogravures featuring printed tissue guards. Appendix with list of works exhibited at The Salon, and index of artists, paintings, drawings, engravings and collections at rear. Binding somewhat rubbed, particularly on back cover. Uncut at bottom and foredge. Endpapers with some foxing. Ex-Libris of Vernon Watney on inside front cover, oval gilt-printed leather. Frontispiece loose but present. Some pages browned, illustrations and photogravures in very good+ condition. Good+ to very good+. Item #50173
Price: $150.00