Contents: Definition de l'art; L'art Antique; L'art au mayen-age; La Renaissance; L'art Francais.

Bournand considers the origins and evolution of art, including sculpture and architecture, from a global viewpoint.

4to, 335pp, 73 black and white illustrations, frontispiece portrait of Eugene Guillaume.

In highly decorated red cloth with gilt edges. "Maison St Vincent, Constantinople" inscribed in gilt on back cover.

A fair, complete copy, cover is edge worn and stained, backstrip is creased, rear hinge cracked (4cm) on one side, corners are bumped, foxing to pages.