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L'Oeuvre Grave De Albert Besnard
by Besnard, Paul Albert (1849-1934) and Louis Godefroy
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez L'auteur, 1926. First Edition. Quarto. [8], [20] and one original etching by Besnard bound in, and 202 pages of illustrations with identifying text of his finest etchings and paintings. Besnard won the Prix de Rome in 1874. He was soon influenced by the Impressionist and devoted himself to the study of color and light. His themes often involved death as well as lovers and exquisite nudes, He became the director of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1922 and two years before his death his major works were exhibited in the major museums of the United States. Bound in 3/4 blue cloth over blue marbled paper covered boards, black leather spine label gilt, marbled endpapers, original decorative wrappers bound into front and rear. A very nice copy with just a bit of scattered foxing to margins of etching.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026077
- Title
- L'Oeuvre Grave De Albert Besnard
- Author
- Besnard, Paul Albert (1849-1934) and Louis Godefroy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez L'auteur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Director; Academie Francaise; Frescoes at the Sorbonne; Comedie-Francasie;Death of Timophanes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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