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L'Art de la lithographie, ou instruction pratique...précédée d'une histoire de la lithographie
Alois Senefelder (German, 1771–1834)
Lithograph(s) by: Nicholas Henri Jacob (French, 1782–1871)
Lithograph(s) by: Clemens Senefelder (German, 1788–1833)
Lithograph(s) by: Electrine Stuntz (German, 1797–1847)
Publisher: Treuttel et Würtz
Lithograph(s) by: Nicholas Henri Jacob (French, 1782–1871)
Lithograph(s) by: Clemens Senefelder (German, 1788–1833)
Lithograph(s) by: Electrine Stuntz (German, 1797–1847)
Publisher: Treuttel et Würtz
1819
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 21 lithographs
Dimensions
Overall (Vol. 1): 26.3 x 21.1 x 4.4 cm (10 3/8 x 8 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Overall (Vol. 2 [Plates]): 31.1 x 24.2 x 1.5 cm (12 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Overall (Vol. 2 [Plates]): 31.1 x 24.2 x 1.5 cm (12 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.756
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, 1819
Catalogue Raisonné
Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p. 261; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 97
Description(Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, 1819) Quarto, two vols.; (v. 1) [3 ff.] 262 pp., plus 1 plate; (v. 2) 20 bound plates; (v. 1) contemporary gilt-stamped half brown calf, blue pastepaper boards; (v. 2) modern half mottled brown morocco, brown paper boards (terracotta cloth box).
Samples of lithographic printing (landscapes, portraits, lettering, etc.); author portrait.
Samples of lithographic printing (landscapes, portraits, lettering, etc.); author portrait.
ProvenanceBookplate with legend "Lululaund, Bushey, Herts."; W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to MFA, June 8, 1964.