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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.

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ref: 39918

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. Top forecorners slightly bumped, otherwise vg.

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.

£12
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ref: 39851

BELLEVILLE, Agnes de.

Dictionnaire des Graveurs de la Société de la Gravure sur bois originale (S.G.B.O.) 1911-1935. Sociétaires et Invités francais et étrangers

Paris. L'Echelle de Jacob 26 x 18cm. pp. Paperback.

Limited to 1000 copies. Each entry gives a biography and a bibliography, a list of the works exhibited and published by the S.G.B.O. I.

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ref: 36104

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. Paperback. Fine

Limited to 500 copies.

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ref: 39156

BOISSIEU. Perez, Marie-Félicie.

L'Oeuvre Gravé de Jean-Jacques de Boissieu 1736-1810.

Geneva. Cabinet des Estampes. 1994. 28 x 22cm. pp. 400. Approx. 220 illustrations. Pictorial glazed boards.

The illustrated catalogue raisonné of the prints.

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ref: 37711

BOISSIEU. Perez, Marie-Félicie.

L'Oeuvre Gravé de Jean-Jacques de Boissieu 1736-1810.

Geneva. Cabinet des Estampes. 1994. 28 x 22cm. pp. 400. Approx. 220 illustrations. Pictorial glazed boards.

The illustrated catalogue raisonné of the prints.

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ref: 37712

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.

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ref: 34513

BOURDELLE. Forster, Otto H..

Antoine Bourdelle 1861-1929.

Koln. Wallraf-Richartz-Kuratorium. 1960. Large 8vo. pp. 52. 20 hors-texte plates illustrating Bourdelle's sculptures. Wrappers.

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ref: 38777

BUHOT. Bourcard, Gustave.

Felix Buhot. Catalogue descriptif de son oeuvre grave. With additions and revisions by James Goodfriend.

New York. 1979. Small 4to. xviii, 124, (50) pp. 187 illustrations. Publisher's cloth.

Facsimile of the original 1899 edition with the preface by Arsene Alexandre. James Goodfriend has added a new introduction and a 50-page supplement of additions and revisions tipped onto the inside back cover.. Occasional hand-written annotations.

£95
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ref: 35977

CAILLEBOTTE. Fonsmark, Anne-Brigitte et al.

Gustave Caillebotte.

Ostfildern. Hatje Cantz. 2008. 28.5 x 24cm. pp.140. 143 colour and 5 black & white illustrations. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

English language edition. Catalogue of the exhibotion at the Kunsthalle, Bermen & after in Copenhagen & Madrid.

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ref: 37145

CAILLEBOTTE. Fonsmark, Anne-Brigitte et al.

Gustave Caillebotte.

Ostfildern. Hatje Cantz. 2008. 28.5 x 24cm. pp.140. 143 colour and 5 black & white illustrations. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

English language edition. Catalogue of the exhibotion at the Kunsthalle, Bermen & after in Copenhagen & Madrid.

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CAILLEBOTTE. Fonsmark, Anne-Brigitte et al.

Gustave Caillebotte.

Ostfildern. Hatje Cantz. 2008. 28.5 x 24cm. pp.140. 143 colour and 5 black & white illustrations. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

English language edition. Catalogue of the exhibotion at the Kunsthalle, Bermen & after in Copenhagen & Madrid.

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CAILLEBOTTE. Varnedoe, Kirk.

Gustave Caillebotte.

New Haven. Yale University Press. 1987. 4to. pp. 220. Well illustrated in colour and monochrome. Cloth, dust jacket. VG.

This book is based on the pioneering Exhibition catalogue he wrote in 1976

£35
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ref: 40259

CALLOT. Lieure, Jules.

Jacques Callot. Catalogue Raisonne de l'Oeuvre Grave.

San Francisco. Alan Wofsy. 1989. 2 vols. 4to. pp. 122, 106, 144; 330. Over 1,400 illustrations. Publisher's cloth, dust jackets..

Reprint of Lieure's catalogue raisonne of Callot's prints.

£215
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ref: 35272

CARRIERE.

Atelier Eugene Carriere. Catalogue de quatre-vingt-neuf oeuvres. Experts MM. Bernheim Jeune.

Paris. 8 Juin, 1906. 4to. Illustrated with hore-texte plates. Rebound in cloth with the damaged front wrapper preserved.

The catalogue contains texts and by Arsene Alexandre, Anatole France, Roger Marx and others.

£85
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ref: 35098



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