Adolphe Siret — Dictionnaire Historique Des Peintres

Paris, Librairie Encyclopdique de Prichon, 1848. Leather. A handsome edition of a comprehensive list of international painters by Adolphe Siret. With nine plates of painter's monograms. Adolphe Siret was a Belgium historian, biographer, and poet and held great positions in the field of literature. Whilst leading the Journal of Fine Arts and Literature he published this Dictionnaire to improve and aid the education of art historians. In a half morocco binding with detail. Externally, smart with some rubbing. Ex libris bookplate to front board. Library sticker to spine. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with spotting to first and last. Library stamp to title page. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .