Michel-Ange, Leonard de Vinci, Raphael : avec unde etude sur l'art en Italie avant le XVIe siecle et des catalogues raisonnes, historiques et bibliographiques
`illustré de 167 dessins d'après les grands maîtres' [title page].
The book carries no publication date. The work was first published in 1861. A second edition was published in 1867 pages and the fifth edition was published in 1881. All of these comprise of just over 400 pages. The RA Library copy has over 550 pages. The last numbered page in the RA Library copy is page 572. The first numbered page is the title-page for the section on Michelangelo, following the title-page for the volume, which is numbered 65. This page numbering is at the foot of each page. Each section in the book has its own numbering sequence at the head: Michelangelo ([1-5]-175); Leonardo de Vinci ([1-5]-102); Raphael ([1-5]-124); L’art en Italie avant le seizieme siècle (LXIII); Michelangelo: Catalogues raisonné, historiques et bibliographiques ([3]-48); Leonardo de Vinci: Catalogues raisonné, historiques et bibliographiques ([3]-24); Raphael: Catalogues raisonné, historiques et bibliographiques ([3]-31)
Contents
Michelangelo -- Leonardo de Vinci -- Raphael -- L’art en Italie avant le seizieme siècle -- Michelangelo: Catalogues raisonné, historiques et bibliographiques -- Leonardo de Vinci: Catalogues raisonné, historiques et bibliographiques -- Raphael: Catalogues raisonné, historiques et bibliographiques
Binding Note
Art Deco brown leather binding. Gilt-tooled spine in six compartments. The bookbinder's name, Ellen G. Woolrich is stamped in gold at the foot of the interior of the back cover.