.: Paris, 1886, Librairie d'Art Ludovic Baschet, 32,5 x 23,5 cm, lithographic frontispiece by Joseph Blanc, three two-toned engraved chapter headings, 106 pp + 100 photo-engravings and b/w ill., one of 25 copies on Japan paper with the photo-engravings in double, publ. gold decorated cloth, covered with transparent adhesive plastic sheet. Apart from the wrapping a very nice copy, sumptuously published and illustrated, with a list of works of art purchased by the state, and a list of awards for painting and sculpture. (Paris Salon, 19th century French Painting).