Collections of History and Art Discussions

Description

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), paperback, spines split, some loss on spines, untrimmed, interiors in fine condition LX + 523 + 648 + 568 + 510 pages. Numerous facsimiles of letters and autographs included, sometimes fold-out, last cover of volume III replaced, otherwise good condition. Features Montaigne, Viollet le Duc, Charles Nodier. Original edition (Vicaire, III Pagez 687). Covers antiquity, Christ iconography, Virgin Mary, Egypt, scribes, Greek iconography, the Middle Ages, China, and Europe in modern times. Discusses the utility of collections and the taste for autographs and written documents. Would deserve a fine binding.