Annales du Musee et de L'Ecole Moderne des Beaux-Arts (16 Volumes, only, of 21)

Paris: Chez C. P. Landon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1801. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 16 volumes, only, of 21. This set includes volumes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 19, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 21. Bound in full green morocco, spines in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt imperial eagle and floral tooling in remainder, gilt and blind-stamped borders on covers surrounding gilt imperial eagles, a.e.g., rust endpapers. Illustrated with hundreds of full-page engravings of works of art in the museums and public buildings of France. Charles Paul Landon (1760 – 1826) was a French painter and popular writer on art and artists. It is chiefly for his writing on the arts that he made a reputation. He published nearly one hundred volumes during his lifetime. Landon was among the collaborators of the influential Journal des arts, des sciences et de la littérature. He was also a part-owner of the Gazette de France, where the extended accounts of annual Paris Salons were published. He was a paintings conservator at the Louvre, a corresponding member of the Institut and painter to Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry, whose widow's paintings gallery he catalogued. His major, on-going work comprised the Annales du musée et de l'école moderne des beaux-arts, published between 1801 and 1835 and running to up to 33 volumes, depending upon the date of publication (these published 1801-1808). It forms a comprehensive resource on European art and artists prior to the 19th century. . Spines uniformly sunned, edges mildly worn, former owner's bookplate on feps, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean. A large set, additional shipping charges will apply. VERY GOOD.. Engravings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall .