Author: ALVIN Louis - Bruxelles SALON 1836 :
Title: Compte-Rendu du Salon d'Exposition de Bruxelles. Avec gravures et lithographies des meilleurs tableaux des peintres...1836 .
Description: .: 11. Bruxelles, J.P.Meline, École Royale de Gravure, large in-8°, 27,5 x 18 cm, 517 pp + 59 illustrations h.t. (lithographs , engravings ), contemporary half roan, smooth spine with gilt decoration in Romantic style. Binding with some use at extremities but a very fine copy with spotless interior. Important critique of the Brussels Salon of 1836. The book is also remarkable for its illustrations as this was the first attempt in Belgium to revive the art of engraving to illustrate a book. (see Van der Marck; Romantische Boekillustratie in België, pp 160.). Text in French. .

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