XVIIIME SIÈCLE LETTRES SCIENCES ET ARTS. FRANCE 1700-1789 by Lacroix, Paul - 1878

Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Freres, 1878. Hardcover. Quarto, xiii, 560 pages; VG; bound in publisher's gilt-stamped red cloth, sun-faded spine with gilt lettering; mild wear to hinges, some chipping to head of spine; marbled endpapers; mild foxing throughout; Illustrated with of 16 Chromolithographs and 250 woodcuts (of which 20 are taken out of text); consignment; shelved front table. Ouvrage illustré de 16 Chromolithographie et de 250 gravures sur bois (dont 20 tirées hors texte) d'après Watteau, Vanloo, Largillière, Boucher, Lancret, Greuze, Chardin, Desportes, Oudry, Vernet, La Tour, Les Saint-Aubin, Gravelot, Cochin, Eisen, Moreau, Marillier, Debucourt, etc.;. 1316670. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Paris: Firmin-Didot Et Cie., 1878., 1878. large 8vo. pp. xiii, [2], 560. title in red & black. 16 chromolithographed plates (1 double-page) & 250 wood engravings (incl. 20 plates) after Watteau, Vanloo, Largillière, Boucher, Cochin, Eisen, Moreau, Marillier & others. title vignette & numerous headpieces, culs-de-lamp & decorative initials. contemporary quarter chagrin, binding richly gilt, gilt edges (spinal extremities worn, several tissue guards torn, occasional light spotting). First Edition. Vicaire IV 854.. F. Hardcover.