Author: FEUILLET DE CONCHES F. :
Title: Causeries d'un curieux. Variétés d'histoire et d'art tirées d'un cabinet d'autographes et dessins. 4 Vols.
Description: .: Paris; Plon, 1862-1864 -1868, 4 vols in-8°, each volume over 500 pp, indexed, with fac-simile plates, uniform half leather binding, with raised gilt back with two labels, top edge gilt, nothwithstanding a few sparse and tiny foxing spots a very nice set. Only edition of this huge 19th century compilation of art history and art collecting. The first volume is devoted to the ancient world. The first half of the second volume is devoted to Chinese art. The remaining two and a half volumes deal with the modern western world. These contain extensive sections on collectors and artists such as Holbein, Racine, Henri de Navarre, Montaigne, Antonio Moro, and also on contemporaries such as Nodier, Viollet le Duc. Complete set, the last volume is rare. .

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