Lacombe Dictionary Fine Arts Architecture Sculpture Engraving Poetry Music 1755

  
Please consult the conditions of sale at the end of the description before purchasing. Portable dictionary of fine arts, or abridgement of what concerns Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Engraving, Poetry & Music with the definition of these Arts, the explanation of the terms and the things which belong to them: the names, the date of birth and death, the most remarkable circumstances of life, and the particular genre of the people who distinguished themselves in these different arts among the Ancients and the Moderns, in France and in foreign countries. Paris Herissant & Frère Estienne 1755 In-8 - 11.5x17cm Contemporary binding in full marbled sheepskin, spine with 5 richly decorated bands. Top cap missing, one loose but strong stitching, corners, cuts and spine rubbed, otherwise good copy in period binding. Lacombe, lawyer and later bookseller and journalist, had a spirit of initiative as considerable as his capacity for arduous literary work.

He left several specialized encyclopedic dictionaries and a number of history books. He remained in contact with Voltaire for a long time, with whom he published several works, and we know of him a.

He was Grétry's father-in-law. Bookstore L'Art et la Manner 19 Route de Pithiviers. Member of SLAM and LILA. National Union of Ancient and Modern Bookstores /. International League of Old Booksellers.

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