French Illustrators. In Five Parts
French Illustrators. In Five Parts

INVENTORY #108480

French Illustrators. In Five Parts

MORIN, Louis

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Introduction by Jules Claretie.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: Scribner's
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Date Published: 1893
  • Place Published: New York
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Poor
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    Limited edition of 1,030 copies, of which this is number 14. 45 cm. Each part is a separate folio (44 x 34 cm) portfolio and all are laid into paper-covered cardboard covers. Spine and corners beige cloth. Each part has a colour cover and 12 pages of text with numerous drawings, covering a portion of a descriptive artistic excursion through Paris and environs. Part I - In the Monceaux Quarter.  Part II - Again the Monceaux Quarter and the Right Bank of the Seine.  Part III - Montmarte.  Part IV - (Missing).  Part V - Outside of Paris. The tissue-protected plates, with the same dimensions as the parts, are laid in at the rear: Photogravures: Dragoons in Campaign Service, by E. Detaille; The Young Fishers, by Ch. Delort; Study Hour, by Boutet de Monvel. Color Plates:  A Modern Song, by L. Marchetti; The Black Hussar, by F. Flameng; The Riverside Inn, by F. H. Kaemmerer; Playing Bars, by Tofani. India Proofs:  Portrait of a Girl, by Madelaine Lemaire; On the Seine, by A. Lepere; In Malaga, by D. Vierge. Heliotype: The Death of Gen. Charette, J. Le Blant. Part IV is missing, as are four of the fifteen plates. Covers show some soiling and edgewear. Many inside pages are fine and unopened. However, some pages have rough edges.

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