Louis Veuillot & E

Fascinating illustrated edition of 180 superb engravings executed by Huyot, Père & Fils, and 9 chromolithographies (out of 16 announced) after the monuments of art from the catacombs to our days - The plate TRIUMPH OF JESUS CHRIST IN HUMANITY (nearly 98 cm long) is indeed present (which is rare), as well as the two fine engravings on pages 59 and 382-383: THE NATIVITY and THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT LAWRENCE THE DEACON - This monumental work combines religious fervor, historical erudition and artistic rigor - Veuillot, a committed Catholic writer, unfolds a broad and passionate meditation on the figure of Christ, inscribing his narrative within an apologetic and spiritual perspective, while Cartier brings a critical and scholarly dimension - The work is enriched by a study on Christian art, which highlights how painting, sculpture and architecture have through the centuries translated faith and the religious imagination, thus offering a synthesis between theology and aesthetics - The superb engravings by Huyot, Père & Fils, executed with care, confer upon the whole a visual and pedagogical power, magnifying the Evangelical episodes and the masterpieces of sacred art - Louis Veuillot & E. Cartier / Huyot, Père & Fils - Jesus Christ, With a study on Christian art - 1876 - Firmin Didot IV-374 pages - Good condition of the binding, work in its red half-leather edition, boards fully cloth-wheeled with doves holding a sprig, light signs of wear, beautiful gilded edges, smooth spine nicely decorated, title and author’s name gilded - Good interior condition, several leaves and/or engravings are detached, (some cuts at a few margins, tear on the serpent ornament of the frontispiece), some gatherings browned by acidity and/or specks of foxing (not affecting readability), title pages printed in red and black, work enriched by 180 engravings executed by Huyot, Père & Fils, and 9 chromolithographs (out of 16 announced) after monuments of art from the catacombs to our days, nevertheless, the TRIUMPH OF JESUS CHRIST IN HUMANITY plate (nearly 98 cm long) is indeed present (which is rare), as well as the two fine engravings on pages 59 and 382-383: THE NATIVITY and THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT LAURENT THE DEACON, green endpapers prettily decorated, ex-libris - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days –

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