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Meissonier, his life and his art / by Vallery C.O. Gréard, with extracts from his note-books, and his opinions and impressions on art and artists, collected by his wife ; translated from the French by Mary Loyd and Florence Simmonds.

Accession number
PML 145980-81
Creator
Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815-1891.
Published
London : William Heinemann, 1897.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Paged continuously.
Translation of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier.
"This edition on Japanese vellum is limited to 100 copies (including 25 for America) ..."--Half t.p. verso.
Library has copy 58 of 100, signed by the publisher below limitation statement.
"Catalogue of Meissonier's works"--P. [143]-175.
"Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, London and Bungay."--Colophon.
Description
2 v. (xiv, 396 p., [38] leaves of plates) : ill. (part col.), facsim., ports. ; 34 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Alfred Trapnell; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green tinted vellum tooled in gilt and painted in red and dark and light green, with Meissonier's monogram repeated in gilt; with brown morocco doublures; by Birdsall of Northampton.
Classification
Department