Horace Vernet 1789-1863: Incroyables et Merveilleuses; 25 Watercolours from the Collection of the Duchesse De Berry. In Association with Didier Aaron Inc. New York 6 to 21 June 1991
by Vernet, Horace; introduction by Aileen Ribeiro
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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About This Item
London: Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Softcover in pictorial wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean. Published to accompany a 1991 exhibition in New York of Horace Vernet's pen-and-ink and watercolor fashion plates done as a series commissioned for the publication Incroyables et Merveilleuses and published between 1810 and 1818. The whole set was engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine. A full-page plate is devoted to each drawing. Titles are in French; text is in English. 8vo. XX pp.
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- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95228
- Title
- Horace Vernet 1789-1863: Incroyables et Merveilleuses; 25 Watercolours from the Collection of the Duchesse De Berry. In Association with Didier Aaron Inc. New York 6 to 21 June 1991
- Author
- Vernet, Horace; introduction by Aileen Ribeiro
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Individual artist; exhibition catalogue; neoclassicism; French artists
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