Dictionnaire Des Artistes De L'École Française, Au XIX Siècle. Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure, Dessin, Lithographie Et Composition Musicale. Par Ch. Gabet, Peintre. Orné De Vignettes Gravées Par M. Deschamps.

Charles Henri Joseph Gabet

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/2735

Author

Imprint

Paris: Chez Madame Vergne, Libraire, Place De L'Odéon, No I., 1831.

Physical Description

vi, [ii], 709, [1] p.; 203 mm. (Octavo.)

Contents

[Half-t., t.p.] - Avertissement - Principales Abréviations contenues dans ce Dictionnaire - [Text] - Supplément.

Responsibility Note

The printer is named on the half-title verso: 'Imprimerie De Marchand Du Breuil, rue de la Harpe, n. 90.'

Summary Note

Gabet's Dictionnaire was among the first biographic dictionaries of contemporary artists.

Binding Note

19th-century quarter calf, marbled-papered boards; blind-decorated spine, lettered 'Gabet Dictionnaire Des Artistes' and 'R.A.'

Subject

Artists, French - France - History - 19th century
Biography - Art history - France - 19th century
Encyclopedias and dictionaries - Reference books - France - 19th century