L'art du Dix-Huitieme Siecle (2 vols.)
Hardbound
1882 · Paris
by De Goncourt, Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
Paris: A. Quantin, 1882. Third edition. Hardbound. 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 ex archival library copy with perforation stamp on title, and red withdrawn stamp on last page, small white letters on lower spine; pages are good.). 2 vols. Red library buckram, gilt letters on spine. V1: 480 pp. 35 photogravures. V2: 474 pp. 35 photogravures; set weighs 12.5 lbs. 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. (Inventory #: 36150)