Curious Conversations on History and Art

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FEUILLET DE CONCHES F. Causeries d'un curieux. Variétés d'histoire et d'art tirées d'un cabinet d'autographes et de dessins. Plon, 1862. 4 volumes in-8° (240 X 160 mm), very beautiful half-morocco binding with corners (binding signed Allô), gilt edges, slight wear at corners, discreet cracks at the joint for the first 4 cms of one volume, some foxing. LX + 523 + 648 + 568 + 510 pages. Numerous facsimiles of letters and autographs in text. Montaigne, Viollet le Duc, Charles Nodier. First edition (Vicaire, III 687). The antiquity. Iconography of Christ. Iconography of the Holy Virgin. Egypt. The scribes. Greek iconography. The Middle Ages. China. Europe in modern times. Utility of all collections. The taste for autographs. Félix-Sébastien Feuillet de Conches: French diplomat, journalist, writer, and collector. Having held the positions of Introducer of Ambassadors and Head of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was able to assemble original, famous, and specialized collections.