VOLTAIRE'S BABY at the salon. Paris, Chez les... Lot 21

VOLTAIRE'S BABY at the salon. Paris, Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, Year Three [1795]. _x000D_ 2 parts in-8. - CHÉRY (Philippe). Explanation and impartial criticism of all the paintings...exposed in the Louvre. Paris, 1791. - CHÉRY (Philippe). Analytical letters...on the paintings of the salon. Paris, 1791. - Sallon of painting. Paris, 1791. - List of the names by alphabetical letter & residences of the artists who exhibited this year in the Louvre. S.l.n.d. Booklet in-12 paginated from 59 to 72. 5 works in one volume in-8, blond calf, spine decorated with a repeated urn, red and black parts, inner lace, red edges (Binding of the time)._x000D_ _x000D_ Interesting collection dedicated to the Salon of 1791. Philippe Chéry (1759-1838), neo-classical painter and illustrator, art critic, was a revolutionary activist. Oily stain in a corner in the second part of the volume.