Dilke, Lady: French Painters of the XVIII Century (1899). French Architects and Scultptors of the XVIII Centyury (1900). French Decoration and Furniture of the XVIII Century (1901). French Engravers and Draughtsmen of the XVIII Century (1902). set of 4 volumes. London: George Bell & Sons, Over 900 pages in total. Fully illustrated in black & white. Half bound in red morocco, raised spine, gilt tool. 30 x 21cms. The volume on painters discusses the story of the Royal Academy, the great decorative painters: le Moine, de Troy, Boucher and Fragonard, the painters of fetes galantes: Watteau, Pater and Lancret, the painters of familiar scenes: Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, Pierre-Antoine Baudouin and Jean-Baptiste Greuze, the painters of portraits: Rigaud, Largilliere, Nattier, Tocque, Roslin, Drouais, Latour, Perronneau, and the treatment of landscape by Vernet and Lantara.The volume on architects and sculptors contains studies on the academy of the king's architects, the modern house and the 'great' palaces, Jacques-Ange Gabriel and his successors, the pseudo-classical revival, the school of Coyzevox, Edme Bouchardon, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, the school of Lemoyne and Etienne Falconnet, Jean-Jacques Caffieri and Augustin Pajou, Jean-Antoine Houdon and Claude Michel (Clodion) and the medalists and Jacques le Guay. The volume on furniture addresses the 'Golden Gallery' and the 'Hotel de Soubise', Nicolas Pineau and the Elysse, Jacques Verberckt, Jules-Antoine Rousseau and the decoration of Versailles, Rousseau de la Rottiere and the boudoirs of the Marquise de Serilly and of the Queen, the influence of Madame de Pompadour and jean-Demosthene Dugourc, pastorales, chinoiseries, singeries, Chantilly and the Hotel de Rohan, Oudry and the Gobelins, Boucher and the Gobelins, Jean Lamour and Les Caffieri, Andre-Charles Boulle and Charles Cressent, Oben, Riesener and Gouthiere, French furniture made by foreigners and a word on Vernis-Martin. The volume on engravers and draughtsmen discusses the Comte de Caylus, the great 'amateurs', Mariette and Basan, le Chevalier Cochin, the Drevet and Jean-Francois Daulle, Wille and his pupils, Laurent Cars, Flipart and le Bas, the enrgavers of the Vignette, Gravelot and Eisen, the Saint-Aubin, Moreau le Jeune, Boilly and Prieur, and engravers in colour.
The volume on painters discusses the story of the Royal Academy, the great decorative painters: le Moine, de Troy, Boucher and Fragonard, the painters of fetes galantes: Watteau, Pater and Lancret, the painters of familiar scenes: Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, Pierre-Antoine Baudouin and Jean-Baptiste Greuze, the painters of portraits: Rigaud, Largilliere, Nattier, Tocque, Roslin, Drouais, Latour, Perronneau, and the treatment of landscape by Vernet and Lantara.The volume on architects and sculptors contains studies on the academy of the king's architects, the modern house and the 'great' palaces, Jacques-Ange Gabriel and his successors, the pseudo-classical revival, the school of Coyzevox, Edme Bouchardon, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, the school of Lemoyne and Etienne Falconnet, Jean-Jacques Caffieri and Augustin Pajou, Jean-Antoine Houdon and Claude Michel (Clodion) and the medalists and Jacques le Guay. The volume on furniture addresses the 'Golden Gallery' and the 'Hotel de Soubise', Nicolas Pineau and the Elysse, Jacques Verberckt, Jules-Antoine Rousseau and the decoration of Versailles, Rousseau de la Rottiere and the boudoirs of the Marquise de Serilly and of the Queen, the influence of Madame de Pompadour and jean-Demosthene Dugourc, pastorales, chinoiseries, singeries, Chantilly and the Hotel de Rohan, Oudry and the Gobelins, Boucher and the Gobelins, Jean Lamour and Les Caffieri, Andre-Charles Boulle and Charles Cressent, Oben, Riesener and Gouthiere, French furniture made by foreigners and a word on Vernis-Martin. The volume on engravers and draughtsmen discusses the Comte de Caylus, the great 'amateurs', Mariette and Basan, le Chevalier Cochin, the Drevet and Jean-Francois Daulle, Wille and his pupils, Laurent Cars, Flipart and le Bas, the enrgavers of the Vignette, Gravelot and Eisen, the Saint-Aubin, Moreau le Jeune, Boilly and Prieur, and engravers in colour. Text in English