HISTOIRE DE L'ART DU PAYSAGE, DEPUIS LA RENAISSANCE DES BEAUX ARTS JUSQU'AU DIX-HUITIÈME SIÈCLE, OU RECHERCHES

Paris: Chez Le Normant, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, XXVI, 544 pages; VG; 1/4 bound in brown leather, marbled boards; paneled spine with gilt lettering, gilt and blind tooling; marbled text block and endpapers; moderate wear and rubbing to boards; spine detached at front hinge, repaired with archival glue; lower fore corner of rear board has been bent twice, chipping to head and tail of spine; small sticker with previous owner's information on front pastedown; ribbon; mild foxing to interior; shelved case 12. Jean-Baptiste Deperthes (1761-1833) was landscape painter (student of Valenciennes in Paris), musician and writer. This work, of which the author paid tribute to the Academy of Fine Arts, "earned him a praiseworthy article of Quatremere de Quincy in the Journal des savants." 1296458. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. (Inventory #: 1296458)