French (pre 20th century)


AVED. Wildenstein, Georges.

Le Peintre Aved. Sa Vie et son Oeuvre 1702-1766.

Paris. Les Beaux-Arts. 1922. 2 vols. 4to. 236; 206 pp. Numerous plates. Handsomely bound in half morocco preserving publisher's wrappers, crack at the top of one joint, otherwise fine.

The life of Aved together with the catalogue raisonne. Edition limited to 500 copies.

£550
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BARYE. Johnston, William R & Simon Kelly.

Untamed. The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye.

Baltimore. Walters Art Museum. 2006. 4to. pp. 274. Over 150 illustrations, nearly all in colour. Cloth, dust jacket. New.

The catalogue of the exhibition at the Walters Art Museum presents an unprecedented survey of Barye's work in bronze, oil and watercolours, as well as sketches and preparatory drawings.

£35
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BASAN COLLECTION SALE. Regnault, L.F.

Catalogue raisonne d'un choix precieux de dessins, et d'une nombreuse et riche collection d'estampes, anciennes et modernes.... qui composoient le cabinet de feu Pierre-Francois Basan pere, graveur et ancien marchand d'estampes.

Paris. Chez l'Auteur. 1794. 8vo. pp. xvi, 288. Lacks frontispiece.Engraved head-piece. Modern wrappers.

The catalogue was made to serve as the sale catalogue for the auction of the following year.

£120
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ref: 13910

BAZILLE. Daulte, Francois.

Frederic Bazille et les debuts de l'Impressionisme. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint.

Paris. La Bibliotheque des Arts. 1992. 4to. pp.195. Monochrome and colour illustrations. Cloth, dust jacket.

£48
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BAZILLE. Schulman, Michel.

Frederic Bazille 1841-1870. Catalogue raisonne. Pictures - Dessins - Pastels - Aquarelles. Son vie, son oeuvre, sa correspondance.

Paris. 1995. 4to. pp. 410. Illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour. Cloth, dust jacket.

£85
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BENOUVILLE. Aubrun, Marie-Madeleine.

Leon Benouville 1821-1859. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre. Preface de M Bruno Foucart.

n.p. M-M. Aubrun. 1981. 4to. pp. 423. Illustrated throughout. Paper bound. Fine

Limited to 500 copies.

£110
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BOIRON. Viltart, Leonce.

Alexandre Boiron artiste peintre 1859-1889. Preface par Jules Breton.

Arras. 1889. 12mo. vii, 45 pp. Pamphlet bound in cloth-backed marbled boards, preserving original wrappers.

£20
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ref: 14013

BONNARD. Dauberville, Jean & Henry.

Bonnard. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint 1888-1905.

Paris. Bernheim- Jeune. 1965. 4to. pp. 348. Illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour. Cloth, dust jacket.

First edition. The first volume of the 4 volume catalogue raisonne.

£350
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BONVIN. Weisberg, Gabriel P.

La Vie et l`oeuvre Bonvin.

Paris. Geoffrey-Dechaume. 1979. 4to. pp. 328. 353 black & white and colour illustrations. Hardback. Dust jacket (with some marginal creasing).

With a chronology of the artist's life and an illustrated catalogue of his work. Text in French and English. This is a much expanded version of Weisberg's monograph published in the same year in the series Les Maîtres du XIXe Siècle.

£160
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ref: 34513

BOUCHARDON. Ronot, Henry

BOUCHARDON. Ronot, Henry

Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon. Tome 1 Architect et Sculpteur. Tome 2 Archives - Livres de Raison - Marchés.

Dijon. Faton. 2002. 2 vols. 4to. pp. 241; 280. Volume 1 illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Vol. 1 cloth, dust jacket, vol. 2 paperback: the set housed in the publisher's slipcase.

The architecture, sculpture and drawings are discussed and illustrated.

£86
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BOUCHER. Ananoff, Alexandre.

Francois Boucher. Avec la collaboration de M. Daniel Wildenstein.

Lausanne/Paris. La Bibliotheque des Arts. 1976. 2 vols. Large 4to. pp. viii, 416; 365. Illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour. Publisher's cloth, dust jackets. Fine

The catalogue raisonne of the paintings, drawings and prints.

£500
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BOUCHER. Ananoff, Alexandre.

Francois Boucher. Avec la collaboration de M. Daniel Wildenstein.

Lausanne/Paris. La Bibliotheque des Arts. 1976. 2 vols. Large 4to. pp. viii, 416; 365. Illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour. Publisher's cloth, dust jackets. Fine

The catalogue raisonne of the paintings, drawings and prints.

£500
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BOUDIN.

Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Paintings & Water-colours by Eugene Boudin, the property of Monsieur Laffon, of Paris.

London. Sotheby & Co. 1936. Large 8vo. pp. 24. 22 plates. Wrappers with handwritten number on the front cover, a ms. note, and a gallery stamo (repeated twice in the prelims.).

£25
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BOUDIN. Schmit, Robert & Manuel.

Eugene Boudin. 1824-1898. Deuxieme supplement.

Paris. 1993 4to. pp. 264. The illustrated catalogue of 629 paintings and oil sketches. Cloth.

Includes additions and corrections to the previous 4 volumes of the catalogue raisonne.Limited to 1200 copies.

£225
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BOUDIN. Schmit, Robert.

Eugene Boudin.

Paris. Schmit. 1973-1993. 5 vols. (including the first and second supplements). 4to. pp. lxviii, 424; 456; 393, cxlix; xiv, 203; 264 Approx. 5200 illustrations. Cloth.

Limited to 1200 copies. Catalogue raisonne of the paintings.

£3,500
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