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NY: Crown Publishers Small folio. 238 pp; 100 color & 80 duotone plates; index of artists and illustrations. Linen cloth with dj. VG/VG-, edges of dj lightly chipped. A well-illustrated and well-researched study of 19th century drawings and watercolors by a major art critic. The artists include those who are better known as painters and those who are known primarily for their mastery of drawing -- Blake, Bonnard, Cassatt, Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, Goya, Picasso, Sargent, Whistler, and many others.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882. Second edition. Quarto. 581 pp; 17 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings created under the direction of M.A. Racinet; all edges gilt. Text in French. Bound in original leather-backed pebbled cloth with coat of arms of the city of Paris on cover and gilt tooling and titles on spine. VG- scattered moderate foxing throughout including the margins of several plates, but mostly in prelims, the plates are otherwise bright and clean. This book features manners and customs, literature, the sciences and arts in France from 1590 to 1700.. Quarter-Leather. Very Good.