Essay on French art by J J de Vasselot

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'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).

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