189 - LECONTE, Georges, and LAUZET, Auguste-Marie. Impressionist Art from the Private Collection of Mr. Durand-Ruel.

LECONTE, Georges, and LAUZET, Auguste-Marie. Impressionist Art from the Private Collection of Mr. Durand-Ruel. First edition of this study by Georges Leconte on the Impressionist works in Paul Durand-Ruel’s collection, illustrated with 34 separate engravings by Auguste-Marie Lauzet, based on works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Sisley, and Berthe Morisot. Paris, Chamerot and Renouard, 1892. In-4 (260 x 210 mm), red half-shagreen, smooth spine decorated with the title in gold lettering, covers and spine preserved (later binding). 272 pages, 34 etchings, drypoints, and illustrations by A.M. Lauzet, including one as a frontispiece, headpieces, initials, and tailpieces. Minor scuffs and wear on the leather, a few marginal foxing spots, original covers darkened. 2 engravings missing. First edition of this monograph on Impressionist art, written by art critic Georges Lecomte at the request of the famous art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. It is illustrated with 34 separate engravings by Auguste-Marie Lauzet (out of 36), based on works by Boudin, Mary Cassatt, Degas, Forain, Lépine, John Lewis-Brown, Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Puvis de Chavannes, Renoir, Rodin, and Sisley. A beautiful, attractively bound copy.