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DENON, Dominique Vivant, Baron (1747-1825). Monuments des Arts du Dessin chez les Peuples tant Anciens que Modernes. Paris: chez M. Brunet Denon, 1829. Volumes I - III only (of 4), 2° (552 x 369mm). 240 wood-engraved plates, many tinted, a few coloured (vol. one lacking plate XXXII, errata leaf in place of plate CLXXXVI in vol. III as usual, some spotting and staining, one plate torn without loss). Contemporary half morocco gilt (rather worn, one board detached). Provenance: Bebington Free Library (label). Brunet II, 598: "Ce recueil intéressant, tiré à 250 exemplaires seulement ..." (3)

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DENON, Dominique Vivant, Baron (1747-1825). Monuments des Arts du Dessin chez les Peuples tant Anciens que Modernes. Paris: chez M. Brunet Denon, 1829. Volumes I - III only (of 4), 2° (552 x 369mm). 240 wood-engraved plates, many tinted, a few coloured (vol. one lacking plate XXXII, errata leaf in place of plate CLXXXVI in vol. III as usual, some spotting and staining, one plate torn without loss). Contemporary half morocco gilt (rather worn, one board detached). Provenance: Bebington Free Library (label). Brunet II, 598: "Ce recueil intéressant, tiré à 250 exemplaires seulement ..." (3)