(LOUVRE) Filhol Antoine Michel Galerie du Musée de France 1

Sale 2247 - Lot 115

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(LOUVRE.) Filhol, Antoine-Michel. Galerie du Musée de France. 718 engraved plates (numbered 1-720, omitting 552 and 553) after paintings and sculptures by European masters in the Louvre, without captions except for 4 supplied from another copy, and with the engravings in Volume 1 printed on papier de Chine and mounted. Half-titles. 10 volumes. 4to, 286x213 mm, contemporary green calf elegantly gilt in Romantic style; varying but mostly moderate foxing throughout. Paris, 1814

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handsome large-paper set of a monumental illustrated catalogue of the the holdings of the Louvre during the period of the first French Empire, including many works acquired as spoils of the Napoleonic Wars that were later returned to their rightful owners. It was originally published as Galerie du Musée Napoléon following the renaming of the museum for the Emperor in 1803. As here, some copies published after his fall from power have the revised title omitting his name. Brunet II, 1256-57.