Histoire generale de la peinture (2 vol. set)
Histoire generale de la peinture (2 volume set) (Fine Binding)
Armand Dayot
Paris: Edition de l'art & les artistes, 1912.
2 volume set. Fine binding. Bound in 3/4 blue morrocan leather over gilt ruled blue linen boards. Very light shelf wear. Top edge gilt. Limited ed. of 1000 copies. Clean, unmarked pages. 32 cm. Profusely illustrated, some color. Bound for Paul Elder & Co (noted San Fransico art bookseller in the early 20th century).
Stamp of Cora Smedberg Felton, San Franciso. Felton was a noted California beautification activist. She was a daughter of a Union army Colonel (and the grandaughter of California pioneer Israel Smedberg) and wife of US Senator Charles Felton Jr. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.