MUSEE DE SCULPTURE ANTIQUE ET MODERNE 1853 the 6 plate volumes

Paris: Chez Victor Texier, graveur, 1853. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. rebound in yellow quarter-cloth, with marbled paper covers.. The six oblong plate volumes from Clarac's "Musee de sculpture antique et moderne." (1826-1855, 6 volumes, Width: 13.5" Height: 10.75"
Title: Musee de Sculpture Antique et Moderne contenant une suite de planches au trait relatives a la partie technique de la sculpture, les plans, les vues exterieures et interieures des salles et des diverses parties du Louvre, les peintures et sculptures des plafonds (la plupart inedites) du Musee des Antiques, la collection complete des statues, bustes, bas-reliefs antiques et modernes, et des inscriptions du louvre et des tuileries, et plus de 3000 statues antiques, dont onze cents au moins sont inedites tirees des prinipaux musees et des diverses collections de l'Europe, une iconographie eyptienne, grecque et romaine et l'iconographie francaise du Louvre et des tuileries

Author: Charles Othon Frederic Jean-Baptiste de Clarac - Charles Othon Frederic Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Clarac (24 June 1777, Paris - 20 January 1847, Paris) was a French artist, scholar and archaeologist. He published a catalogue of the Musee du Louvre, and a "Manuel de l'Histoire de l'art" and also that which is considered his best work the "Musee de sculpture antique et moderne, 1826-1852," completed after his death.

The antique volumes have been rebound in yellow quarter-cloth, with marbled paper covers. the exteriors show mild shelf wear. The bindings are solid, with text blocks showing deckled edges. The original paper wrappers are bound inside, showing moderate to heavy age toning. The lavish engravings show occasional light toning and smudging, mostly marginal. This extensive catalogue of the Musee de sculpture antique et moderne (1826-1855, 6 volumes in 8, with plates in 4), used up Clarac's fortune in its writing and publication. Clarac was unable to finish it before his death.