‎MÉNARD René :‎
‎Chapters on Painting with fifty etchings from pictures. Entretiens sur la peinture avec cinquante eaux-fortes.‎

‎" London, Seeley, Jackson and Halliday ; Paris, Hippolyte Heymann, 1875, in-folio, 35 x 27 cm, 243 pp + 50 interpretation engravings, each protected by a serpente paper, bound in contemporary brown half leather, raised gilt spine, top edge gilt. Binding with some wear at extremeties, first and last leaf a bit browned due to the quality of the fly leaves, some slight spotting or foxing at some plates, mostly in the margins, and mild. Still a good/fine copy. Bi-lingual edition in French and English. Contains high quality interpretation etchings made after 17th - 19th century master paintings. Among the engravers we cite ; A.P. Martial , Amédée Greux , Ch. Waltner , Jules Jacquemart , Léopold Flameng , L. Gaucherel , Théophiel Chauvel , Gustave Greux , A. Masson..."‎

Reference : 42070

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