Author: LONGUEIL, JOSEPH DE. Panhard, F[élix].
Title: Joseph de Longueil. Sa vie, son oeuvre. Illustré d'un portrait par P.A. Varin et d'une suite de reproduction de gravures.
Description: Paris, Morgand et Fatout, 1880. II,319[= 335]),31pp. 1 engraved b./w. portraits of the artist by Pierre Adolph Varin (frontispiece) & [25] b./w. plts. Bound in contemp. brown h.calf, spine gilt lettered / decorated & raised in compartment, marbled covers & endpapers. Super 8vo. - Edges of cover worn; pages and plates with some light foxing. Printed in a limited edition of 200 numbered copies. This is number 130 of the edition of 130 copies printed on Papier de Hollande. - Scarce monograph on the French artist Joseph de Longueil (November 16, 1730 in Givet - July 1, 1792 in Paris), a graphic artist specialized in reproduction work. - - Added loose is an extra partly identical variant of the engraved portrait of the artist by Pierre Adolph Varin, this time printed on chine applique, with different captions and without the imprint at the bottom.

Keywords: France-art Graphic Franse kunst Grafiek