Un Miniaturiste Francais Inconnu en France, Francis Laine (1721-1810), Peintre de la Cour de France sous Louis XVI, Membre de la Société Royal de Londres, Maître de l'Académie de St-Luc, de Paris
by Mlle. L. Fontaine
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Montbéliard [France]: Par la Société d'Émulation, 1923. Limited to 500 copies, this being one of 150 on Holland paper. 111, [1] pages + 20 sepia gravure plates and 2 color plates. Lg. 4to. Printed , stiff paper covers. Some soiling to covers with wear at head and tail of spine. Good with very good contents.
Illustrated monograph on little-known 18th century French miniaturist painter Francis Lainé, painter at the court of Louis XVI and a member of the Royal Academy in London and the French Academy of St-Luc. Includes a separate section of notes and documents about Lainé compiled by M.F. Rossel. Large publisher's prospectus laid in for a limited edition facsimile of Lainé's sketchbook.
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- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
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- Un Miniaturiste Francais Inconnu en France, Francis Laine (1721-1810), Peintre de la Cour de France sous Louis XVI, Membre de la Société Royal de Londres, Maître de l'Académie de St-Luc, de Paris
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- Mlle. L. Fontaine
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- Used
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