1880 Dated Francois Boucher Lemoyne et Natoire Book by Paul Mantz
This is an antique French art book titled Francois Boucher, Lemoyne et Natoire, written by Paul Mantz. The title page gives the imprint as Paris, A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur, 7 Rue Saint-Benoit, and is dated MDCCCLXXX (1880). The title page is set in black and red lettering with a printer’s device at its centre. The volume is illustrated with monochrome plates, including Hercule et Omphale (Musée du Louvre), Le Matin and La Belle Cuisinière, and its text is printed in French. It is offered as a late nineteenth-century study of the eighteenth-century painter François Boucher and the artists Lemoyne and Natoire.
Condition, Originality and Collector Appeal
The cover shows heavy soiling, staining, surface wear and abrasion, with lifting and tears to the edges of the boards and spine. The title page carries a small spot, and the printed pages are visible and legible. The book is offered as seen, and no further information about its completeness or binding history can be confirmed from the lot description. Its 1880 date and its subject matter may appeal to collectors of French art literature, eighteenth-century art history, and nineteenth-century illustrated books.
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