Le Peintre Aved:

Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre 1702-1766

by Georges Wildenstein 

Limited edition, two volumes.  Paris:  Les Beaux-Arts: Édition d'Études et de Documents, 1922  

Softback set is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Cream wraps have titles in blue and black with decoration. 
• Wraps show some toning, smudges, rippling, bumps, edgewear.  Corners are bumped.  See photos.  
• Spines have black text and are a little darkened with bumped ends.
• Bindings are strong.  
• End papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear.
• Frontispiece is present in Vol. 1 and has intact tissue guard; with illustration shadows on title page.
• Illustrations are bright and clear, with some plates tipped-in. 
• Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges, unopened edges in Vol. 1. 
• Slip case has wood grained paper over boards.  Case exhibits heavy edgewear, some splitting.  See photos.  
• PS2025.0115

438 pages. 10.25 x 13 inches

A very good copy of this two volume biography and catalogue devoted to the French painter Jacques Aved (1702-1766).  Cream wraps are gently age toned, and the slipcase shows wear, but the text block, on Arches paper, is white and  unmarked.  A handsome edition with generous fonts and many ornaments.  Many of the plates in the catalogue (Vol. 2) are tipped in; others are printed full-page. 

Aved, a foremost connoisseur of his day in Paris, spent his youth in Amsterdam, and the influence of the Dutch masters is evident in his work as a portraitist.  The biography and catalogue are the work of Georges Wildenstein (1892-1963), a Parisian gallery owner and editor of the Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 

A limited edition of 500 copies, printed on Arches paper, all numbered.  This is copy #242.  

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