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The Holiday Art Books
from a little harshness in
reproduction, owing, pos-
sibly, to the drawings being
of too laraie a scale.
French Art prom Wat-
teau to Prud’hon,
Three Volumes, Super
Royal Quarto. Illus-
trated by a great number
of Photogravure and
Colour Plates from pic-
tures in the private col-
lections of King Edward,
the German Emperor,
and other remarkable
collections, and from the
leading public galleries,
representing the finest
work of the principal
painters of the XVIIIth
Century. Author’s Edi-
tion, limited to ioo copies,
containing each 150
plates, three in colour.
$50.00 net per volume.
Edition de Luxe, lim-
ited to 50 copies, con-
taining 165 plates, 30 in
colour; 15 hand-painted,
in the style of the
XVIIIth Century Prints,
and in addition facsimile
reproduction of 15 col-
oured drawings. $100.00
net per volume.
Edition Royale, limited
to 10 copies, containing
195 plates, 60 in colour.
Text and plates printed
on Japanese vellum; 45
of the plates coloured by hand; 30 of these
appear in this edition only, the majority from
private collections and little known. In addition
15 plates of coloured drawings, coloured by
hand, from the originals. $350.00 net per volume.
New York: John Lane Company, The Bodley
Head.
Several books dealing with individual artists of
the eighteenth century in France have been pub-
lished, but the school as a whole has not before,
the publishers think, been adequately represented.
In these volumes the list of contributors, English
and French, is headed bv Robert de la Sizeranne
ILLUSTRATION OR
“BOYS AND GIRLS FROM GEORGE ELIOT”
BY GEORGE
ALFRED WILLIAMS
and the collections drawn upon for illustrations
include those of King Edward, Emperor William,
the Duke of Portland, J. Pierpont Morgan, the
Louvre, the Wallace Collection, etc. Among the
many artists represented are Largilliere, Watteau,
Nottier, Lancret, the Coypels, Chardin, La Tour,
Van Loo, Greuze, Fragonard, Mme. Vigee Le
Brun, etc. Volume I deals with the closing years
of the reign of “the Grand Monarch” and the
strongly contrasted period of the Regency; Vol-
ume II comprises the reign of Louis XV; Volume
III will be devoted to the troublesome times of
Louis'XVI. ending with the Revolution.
Copyright, 1906, by Driffield Compart;
LVII
from a little harshness in
reproduction, owing, pos-
sibly, to the drawings being
of too laraie a scale.
French Art prom Wat-
teau to Prud’hon,
Three Volumes, Super
Royal Quarto. Illus-
trated by a great number
of Photogravure and
Colour Plates from pic-
tures in the private col-
lections of King Edward,
the German Emperor,
and other remarkable
collections, and from the
leading public galleries,
representing the finest
work of the principal
painters of the XVIIIth
Century. Author’s Edi-
tion, limited to ioo copies,
containing each 150
plates, three in colour.
$50.00 net per volume.
Edition de Luxe, lim-
ited to 50 copies, con-
taining 165 plates, 30 in
colour; 15 hand-painted,
in the style of the
XVIIIth Century Prints,
and in addition facsimile
reproduction of 15 col-
oured drawings. $100.00
net per volume.
Edition Royale, limited
to 10 copies, containing
195 plates, 60 in colour.
Text and plates printed
on Japanese vellum; 45
of the plates coloured by hand; 30 of these
appear in this edition only, the majority from
private collections and little known. In addition
15 plates of coloured drawings, coloured by
hand, from the originals. $350.00 net per volume.
New York: John Lane Company, The Bodley
Head.
Several books dealing with individual artists of
the eighteenth century in France have been pub-
lished, but the school as a whole has not before,
the publishers think, been adequately represented.
In these volumes the list of contributors, English
and French, is headed bv Robert de la Sizeranne
ILLUSTRATION OR
“BOYS AND GIRLS FROM GEORGE ELIOT”
BY GEORGE
ALFRED WILLIAMS
and the collections drawn upon for illustrations
include those of King Edward, Emperor William,
the Duke of Portland, J. Pierpont Morgan, the
Louvre, the Wallace Collection, etc. Among the
many artists represented are Largilliere, Watteau,
Nottier, Lancret, the Coypels, Chardin, La Tour,
Van Loo, Greuze, Fragonard, Mme. Vigee Le
Brun, etc. Volume I deals with the closing years
of the reign of “the Grand Monarch” and the
strongly contrasted period of the Regency; Vol-
ume II comprises the reign of Louis XV; Volume
III will be devoted to the troublesome times of
Louis'XVI. ending with the Revolution.
Copyright, 1906, by Driffield Compart;
LVII