(IMPRESSIONISM.) Lecomte, Georges. L'Art impressionniste d'après la collection privée de M. Durand-Ruel. 36 etchings, drypoints, and illustrations engraved by A. -M. Lauzet after Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, and others, printed in various tones of brown, sepia, blue-grey, and black on laid paper. 4to, rebound in 3/4 red morocco gilt, extremities rubbed with loss. Paris: Chamerot et Renouard, 1892
"Written at the time when the impressionists began very slowly to achieve recognition, this book combines short sketches on the artists with more or less lyrical descriptions of some of their most important works; it contains almost no biographical data and constitutes mainly a glowing appraisal of impressionism"--Rewald.
