Author: Marlès, Jules Lacroix de (17..-1850?)
Title: Merveilles de la Nature Et de L'Art Dans Les Cinq Parties Du Monde, Ou Description Des Objets Les Plus Curieux, Tant Sous le Rapport de L'Histoire Naturelle, Comme Grottes, Cascades, Sources, Montagnes: Asie, Amerique, Océanie, Europe. 8 Vols. First Editons
Description: Paris: A la Librairie d'Éducation, D'Eymery, Fruger et Compagnie, Rue Mazarine N° 30, Paris, d'Eymery, Fruger, 1829-32. 12mo. 10 x 16.5 cm. 8 vols. Uniformly bound in half. morocco with gilt spines and marbled boards. Bindings tight with rubbing on some covers. There was a 9th volume on Africa which is not present. 8 volumes in-12, demi maroquin vert à longs grains, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque). ASIE : 2 vol. 12 gravures et une carte dépliante - AMERIQUE : 2 vol. 8 gravures - OCEANIE : 1 vol. 4 gravures - EUROPE : 3 vol. 12 gravures. Afrique manquante. Accidents aux reliures avec manques, usures, rousseurs, plats frottés.. Expertise by Edgard Daval, 03500 Saint Pourçain sur Sioule.Provenance: bibliothèque Henri Focillon (1881-1943) . He was Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. Professor of Art History at the University of Lyon, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, at the Sorbonne, at the Collège de France and then in the United States, where he went into exile and taught at Yale University. A poet, printmaker, and teacher, Henri Focillon formed generations of art historians.. The library then went to his son-in-law Jurgis Baltrusaitis (1903-1988). Jurgis Baltrušaitis (May 7, 1903 – January 25, 1988) was a Lithuanian art historian, art critic and a founder of comparative art research. He was the son of the poet and diplomat Jurgis Baltrušaitis. Most of his works were written in French, although he always stressed his Lithuanian origin. After Lithuania was occupied by the USSR in 1945, he served as a diplomat in exile. .
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Title: Merveilles de la Nature Et de L'Art Dans Les Cinq Parties Du Monde, Ou Description Des Objets Les Plus Curieux, Tant Sous le Rapport de L'Histoire Naturelle, Comme Grottes, Cascades, Sources, Montagnes: Asie, Amerique, Océanie, Europe. 8 Vols. First Editons
Description: Paris: A la Librairie d'Éducation, D'Eymery, Fruger et Compagnie, Rue Mazarine N° 30, Paris, d'Eymery, Fruger, 1829-32. 12mo. 10 x 16.5 cm. 8 vols. Uniformly bound in half. morocco with gilt spines and marbled boards. Bindings tight with rubbing on some covers. There was a 9th volume on Africa which is not present. 8 volumes in-12, demi maroquin vert à longs grains, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque). ASIE : 2 vol. 12 gravures et une carte dépliante - AMERIQUE : 2 vol. 8 gravures - OCEANIE : 1 vol. 4 gravures - EUROPE : 3 vol. 12 gravures. Afrique manquante. Accidents aux reliures avec manques, usures, rousseurs, plats frottés.. Expertise by Edgard Daval, 03500 Saint Pourçain sur Sioule.Provenance: bibliothèque Henri Focillon (1881-1943) . He was Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. Professor of Art History at the University of Lyon, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, at the Sorbonne, at the Collège de France and then in the United States, where he went into exile and taught at Yale University. A poet, printmaker, and teacher, Henri Focillon formed generations of art historians.. The library then went to his son-in-law Jurgis Baltrusaitis (1903-1988). Jurgis Baltrušaitis (May 7, 1903 – January 25, 1988) was a Lithuanian art historian, art critic and a founder of comparative art research. He was the son of the poet and diplomat Jurgis Baltrušaitis. Most of his works were written in French, although he always stressed his Lithuanian origin. After Lithuania was occupied by the USSR in 1945, he served as a diplomat in exile. .
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Price: US$ 750.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 51-5162
- Book number: 51-5162
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