Theodore Duret; J.E. Crawford Flitch (transl.) — Manet and the French Impressionists

London, Grant Richards, 1910. Cloth. A smart copy of this work on French impressionists, in the original blue cloth binding. Illustrated with etchings from the artist's original plates, wood engravings and half-tone engravings. A seminal work on the history of French impressionists and the impressionist movement in France, by well-known art critic Theodore Duret. Duret was one of the first advocates of Courbet, Manet, and the Impressionists. One of his best known works is 'Critique d'Avant Garde' which was written in support of the Impressionist movement.This work is part biographical and part analytical, covering the lives and works of Edouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Paul Cezanne, and Armand Guillaumin. Translated by John Ernest Crawford Flitch, a Cambridge-educated French translator. Including four etchings, printed from the author's original plates, collated and complete.Including four wood engravings, collated and complete. Including thirty-two half-tone engravings, collated and complete. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart, with good colour. Some rubbing to the joints and slight fading to the spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, front and rear hinges are tender but firm. Book is firmly bound. Slight offsetting to the front and rear free-endpapers and scattered light spotting throughout, though not affecting the plates. Otherwise, pages clean. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .