'Essai sur les Influences Orientales dans la Sculpture et l'Enluminure Françaises au onzième siècle' by Jean Joseph Marquet de Vasselot, Hon.FSA 1922 (d. 1946); dated Paris, 31 Oct.1895 (fol.332). Autograph. An account of oriental influence on French art of the 11th century arranged by motifs, eg. helix, palmette, tree of life, elephant. Plates (38) in a separate folder, consisting of numerous pencil and ink drawings and photographs laid down on mounts; a few cut away. A.J., 27 (1947), 214 (obituary).
Essay on French art by J J de Vasselot
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- GB 118 VAS
- Former Reference
- GB 118 SAL/MS/862
- Dates of Creation
- 31 October 1895
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- French
- Physical Description
- ff. ii + 383 38 plates Quarto, and large quarto folder. Half leather binding, blue, with marbled boards.
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