Artists Engravers Illustrators of 18th Century 1877 Portalis leather 2 vol. set Manhattan Sheets measure c

Sheets measure c

Central diagram is surrounded by two columns of text which have been separately printed with movable type and then pasted onto the sheet by the publisher as issued

any fold-lines are original to the sheet

so remains white and supple

Artists Engravers Illustrators of 18th Century 1877 Portalis leather 2 vol. set Manhattan Sheets measure c(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Leather Books, Art History, Design, French Books, Illustrated Books). Les Dessinauteurs D'Illustrations Au Dix Huitieme Siecle par Le Baron Roger Portalis. Published 1877, Paris by Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout. 2 volumes. 788 pages. Text in French. Illustrated throughout with numerous finely engraved portraits. Once in the reference library of Hans Kraus, NYC. Attractive antiquarian 1 2 leather bindings, raised