LE TRESOR ARTISTIQUE DE LA FRANCE, musée du Louvre, galerie - Lot 182

LE TRESOR ARTISTIQUE DE LA FRANCE, musée du Louvre, galerie d'Apollon First series Published under the direction of Monsieur Paul Dalloz, Directeur du Moniteur Universel, imprimerie et librairie le Moniteur Universel 1878, a complete set of twelve portfolios with plates produced under the direction and using photochromic processes s.g.d.g. of M. Léon Vidal. Dimensions 58x42 cm. 1st issue: "Le Casque et le Bouclier de Henri II, le Sceptre de Charlemagne". Portfolio with text plates and 3 iconographic color plates. 2nd issue: "The Cassette of Saint-Louis". Portfolio with text plates and 5 iconographic plates, including 1 color hardback photochrome, and 4 black-and-white phototypes. 3rd issue: "L'Aiguière et le Plat de Charles-Quint" (Charles V's Ewer and Dish) Portfolio with text plates and 3 picture plates, 2 of which are carded in color, and 1 facsimile. 4th delivery: "Queen Anne of Austria's jewelry box and the Fermail du Manteau de Saint-Louis". Portfolio with text plates and 3 iconographic plates, including 2 color hardcovers and 2 facsimiles. 5th issue: "Le Connétable Anne de Montmorency, la Toilette de Psyché, et Poignard Italien du XVIème siècle". Portfolio with text plates and 5 iconographic plates, 3 of which in color, and 2 facsimiles. 6th issue: "La Coupe en Sardoine Orientale, Les Cuissards et les Jambières de Henri II, Assiette Le mois de Janvier en Email de Limoges". Portfolio with text plates and 3 iconographic color plates. 7th delivery: "La Boîte d'Evangéliaire du Trésor de Saint-Denis, Le Plat à Ombilic percé en Email de Limoges" (The Evangelist's Box from the Treasure of Saint-Denis, The Pierced Umbilical Dish in Limoges enamel). Portfolio with text plates and 3 iconographic plates, 2 of which are hard-covered in color. 8th issue: "La Paix de la Chapelle du Saint-Esprit" (The Peace of the Chapelle du Saint-Esprit) Portfolio with text plates and 2 color hardcards. 9th issue: "Le Miroir de Marie de Médicis, l'ostensoir du XVème siècle, l'épée de Charlemagne" (The Mirror of Marie de Médicis, the 15th-century monstrance, Charlemagne's sword). Portfolio with text plates and 3 hard-cover color plates. 10th issue: "La Cuirasse de Henri II" (Henri II's breastplate) Portfolio with text plates and 2 color hardback plates. 11th issue: "Le Plat Ovale en Grisaille, l'Ecusson Ovale en Email de Limoges" (The Oval Dish in Grisaille, the Oval Limoges Enamel Escutcheon) Portfolio with text plates and 2 full-color hard-cover plates. 12th issue: "La Victoire statuette équestre, l'Aigle de l'Abbé Suger, le Flambeau de l'Autel du Saint-Esprit". Portfolio with text plates and 3 color hardback plates. Documentary archives of Jean ROUDILLON (1923-2020)