Author: (Lassalle, Louis Simon Cabaillot; 1810-1870). Bassanville, Anais de.
Title: Le Musee Du Jeune Amateur. Souvenir Des Peintres de Toutes Les Ecoles Par Mme la Comtesse de Bassanville, Eleve de Madame Campan. Illustre de Quatorze Lithographies Dessinees Par Louis Lassalle D'Apres Les Grands Maitres.
Description: Paris: Mme Vve Louis Janet, [1853]. [1853]. ILLUSTRATED WITH 14 SUPERB COLORED LITHOGRAPHS - Quarto, 12-5/8 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide. Bound in red textured cloth titled in gilt on the front cover with a decorative frame stamped in blind on both covers. The covers are stained, darkened and rubbed, the front cover is detached and the partially perished spine is quite frayed. 104 pages, illustrated with pictorial initials and 14 superb colored lithographs by Louis Lassalle after works by major artists. A paper remnant adheres to the creased front endpaper. There is some occasional soiling and some minor foxing. There is a very short tear to the margins of a two text leaves. A complete copy with spectacular bright colored lithographs.

RARE. The Bibliotheque National de France dates the book as 1853.

Louis Simon Cabaillot Lassalle (1810-1870) is known for his genre paintings. The colored lithographic plates illustrate works by Le Prince, Lancret, Paul Potter, Chardin, Boucher, Lest Tenters, Gerard Dow, Greuze, Lutherburgh, Rembrandt, Ph. Wouwermans, Watteau, Joseph Vernet, and Oudry. Very good .

Keywords: ART; ILLUSTRATED; LE MUSEE DU JEUNE AMATEUR; COLORED LITHOGRAPHS; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES; LITHOGRAPHY; LOUIS SIMON CABAILLOT LASSALLE; ANAIS DE BASSANVILLE; COLOR PLATES; PICTORIAL INITIALS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; RARE.

See more books from our catalog: Art