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HE PUBLISHERS invite the attention of all Bibliophiles, Collectors, Art 

 Museums, and Lovers or Students of Art and its History to a unique 

 and sumptuous work entitled The Great Masters in the Louvre 

 Gallery. 



The plan of the work is to place before the subscriber a complete re- 

 view of the development of the Art of Painting from its earliest inception 

 to the nineteenth century, embracing all schools, from the primitive 

 Italians to the " men of 1830." 

 The Gallery of the Louvre has no equal in the world, either from an historical or an 

 " aesthetic " point of view. Illustrious in its origin and regal in its surroundings, it contains 

 an incomparable collection of masterpieces ; and no visitor can ever forget the vivid 

 impression produced by the splendors of the Gallery of Apollo, the Grand Salon, and the 

 Grand Gallery, which will be illustrated and described in this work. 



There are more masterpieces contained in the Louvre than in any other of the great 

 galleries of Europe, and a large number of them once formed part of the art treasures of 

 the French kings, notably of Francis I, Henry IV, Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. 

 Attempts were made in 1803 and in 181s to illustrate this matchless collection and 

 make its riches accessible to those who could not visit the Museum or who wished to 

 have its treasures always before them ; but the methods of reproduction then in vogue 

 were utterly inadequate to meet the just demands of the present generation of art lovers. 

 The modern processes of photogravure fulfill this demand, and enable us to see each 

 masterpiece reproduced with absolute faithfulness, and not interpreted by another's hand 

 or eye. The publishers of The Great Masters in the Louvre Gallery have selected 

 the processes best adapted to the reproduction of each particular canvas, and the selection 

 of the representative paintings of the different schools has been intrusted to the highest 

 authorities on each period of art. 



The house of Goupil & Co., of Paris, is responsible for all the reproductions, which 

 are executed by them in Paris ; and the perfection to which they have attained in their 

 various processes of photogravure, both in black and in colors, is so well known to all 

 lovers of art that it need not be insisted upon here. 



After several years of preparation, the publishers take pleasure in announcing that they 

 are now ready to offer this great work to all who are interested in art and its develop- 

 ment. The stupendous task they have undertaken and the immense outlay involved can 

 not well be estimated, and the successful termination of their labors may be justly consid- 

 ered as one of the crowning artistic achievements of the century now drawing to its close. 



This edition will be strictly limited to 2 so copies, of which 200 

 will be in English and numbered from 1 to 200. The remaining 50, 

 in French, will be numbered in Roman numerals from I to L. 



The work will be issued in twelve divisions or sections, each to 

 contain twenty-four pages of text, illustrated with twelve photograv- 

 ures in varied tints ; six full-page India-proof photogravures, and four full-page typo- 

 gravures, mounted, all of which will likewise be in tints. 



Also two hand-finished water-color facsimiles, mounted and matted for framing. 

 The completed work will be accompanied by two specially designed Portfolios, made 

 to contain six sections each. 



The price of each section will be $50.00. 



Subscriptions will be accepted only for the complete work. 



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CONDITIONS OF 

 PUBLICATION 

 EDITION DE 

 GRAND LUXE. 



