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638. David Croal Thomson, The Barbizon School of Painters

New York: Scribner and Welford, 1890. First edition, limited to two hundred copies, this is numbered 170. Very good quarto hardcover in brownish gold binding with gilt lettering without dust jacket. 295 pages with notes, illustrations, and indexes (general and of pictures). Bookplate for Edmund Stevenson Burke, Jr. on interior front cover. Measures apprx 14-1/2" H x 11" W.

A study of the artists of this school, namely: Corot, Rousseau, Diaz, Millet, Daubigny, with brief mentions of Troyon, Jacque, and Dupre. This work contains information on the artists life, paintings, character, and other aspects. Scarce classic work on this school of art.

100/200   Sold $57.50
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