ÉTUDE SUR LES LIVRES À FIGURES ÉDITÉS EN FRANCE DE 1601 À 1660 AVEC XLV PLANCHES.
- Geneve and Paris: Slatkine Reprints and Librairie Gaspa, 1992.
- 8vo.
- cloth
- (viii), viii, 388, (4) pages, xlv plates
Price: $100.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 142003
Reprint of the first edition printed in Paris in 1914 Honoré Champion (Besterman, 3010). A fine copy of this scarce bibliography.
An important bibliography and history of illustrated books published in France between 1601-1660, with a chapter examining the industry and trade of illustrated books. From the series: Revue des Bibliothèque(Supplement XIII). Elaborately illustrated with 45 engraved plates. Describes 300 illustrated books with chapters devoted to individual artists, the commerce of bookselling during the period, the illustration process during the period and the important works themselves.