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Les artisans célèbres / par F. Valentin, auteur des Peintres célèbres, de l'Histoire de Venise, etc

Valentin, F. (François), 1796-1849 · 1858 · Tours : Ad. Mame et cie · 1 picture

A French book of short biographies of famous craftsmen, written by F. Valentin and published by Ad. Mame et cie in Tours in 1858, aimed at young readers. The single picture is a hand-coloured frontispiece-style portrait of a bearded man in a green cap and long rust-and-blue robe, holding a book beside a small column, framed in a gilt border with pink flowers and green scrollwork, a usable model for ornamental border and period costume ideas.

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