French Art: Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture (SIGNED)

First edition. Inscribed by the author to title page. Publisher’s original blue cloth boards; gilt to spine. 239pp. Spine ends and corner tips slightly scuffed. Brown mark to head of ffe. *** An overview of French art by American cultural critic, editor and Francophile W.C. Brownell (1851-1928), bringing it up to the modern day, including chapters on impressionism and “the new movement in sculpture”. Scarce first printing. Inscribed to fellow art historian John C. Van Dyke (1856-1932).