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Jean Marie BOUSSARD, Concours de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts (médailles et mentions) dessinés d'après les originaux, par J. Boussard. Première [Seconde] série, Paris, Vve A. Morel et Cie, éditeurs, 13 rue Bonaparte, 1874 [1875]. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-4°: [volume 1] 2 f. 12 p., 36 pl. sur Chine contrecollées sur papier fort; [volume 2] 2 f. 12 p., 36 pl. num. 37-72 sur Chine contrecollées sur papier fort Bound in contemporary red half-chagrin, spine decorated with faux-nerfs and boxes, gilt head. An excellent copy. The plates of the 1st series are engraved by J. Boussard and A. Guillaumot fils. Guillaumot fils, those of the 2nd by J. Boussard.Boussard is responsible for several works on Parisian tombs, garden ornaments and suburban pavilions. Following on from Vaudoyer's collections almost a century earlier, the present book publishes a selection of projects, this time awarded in "small" Beaux-Arts competitions. To be compared with Lampué's work shortly afterwards, in which the projects were photographed rather than engraved.
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Jean Marie BOUSSARD, Concours de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts (médailles et mentions) dessinés d'après les originaux, par J. Boussard. Première [Seconde] série, Paris, Vve A. Morel et Cie, éditeurs, 13 rue Bonaparte, 1874 [1875]. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-4°: [volume 1] 2 f. 12 p., 36 pl. sur Chine contrecollées sur papier fort; [volume 2] 2 f. 12 p., 36 pl. num. 37-72 sur Chine contrecollées sur papier fort Bound in contemporary red half-chagrin, spine decorated with faux-nerfs and boxes, gilt head. An excellent copy. The plates of the 1st series are engraved by J. Boussard and A. Guillaumot fils. Guillaumot fils, those of the 2nd by J. Boussard.Boussard is responsible for several works on Parisian tombs, garden ornaments and suburban pavilions. Following on from Vaudoyer's collections almost a century earlier, the present book publishes a selection of projects, this time awarded in "small" Beaux-Arts competitions. To be compared with Lampué's work shortly afterwards, in which the projects were photographed rather than engraved.
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