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PAPERBACK. First edition. 24pp b/w illustrations large 8vo paperback. owners label on spine , name cover wear otherwise very good.

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 12pp. A4.

12 October 1878. Chamfleury (Jules Felix Fleury-Husson) (1820 - 1889), French art critic and novelist, a prominent supporter of the Realist movement in painting and fiction. In 1843 Fleury-Husson moved to Paris. He met Charles Baudelaire and the next year started writing art criticism under the pen-name "Champfleury" for the journal L'Artiste. From 1872 until his death in 1889 he was Chief of Collections at the Sèvres porcelain factory.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A unique compilation of late nineteenth-century archaeological pamphlets and articles, many of which are inscribed by the authors to noted archaeologist Alexander Stuart Murray. A detailed collection of pamphlets and article excepts regarding archaeology and antiquity, in various languages including Italian, German, French, Greek, and English. All of these works were published between 1882 and 1902, and in various journals, periodicals, and published by numerous institutes.This volume was personally compiled by nineteenth-century Scottish archaeologist and antiquary, Alexander Stuart Murray (1841-1904). Murray was well-known for his various archaeological excavations, particularly in Cyprus. He also worked at the British Museum as an assistant in the department of Greek and Roman antiquities under Sir Charles Newton.This is a truly unique and fascinating compilation of archaeological articles and excerpts, all which are scarce, and many of which are inscribed by the authors to Alexander Stuart Murray himself.Also including numerous illustrated plates, some in colour and some folding, bound in.Included in this collection of pamphlets are the following works:Cratere di Orvieto Con Rappresentanze di Un'Avventura Di Ercole e Della Strage De'Niobidi, published in 1882 and extracted from the Institute of Archaeological Correspondence, written by C. Robert. Inscribed by the author to Alexander Stuart Murray.Studien Zur Vasenkunde, published in 1887 by Wilhelm Engelmann and written by Paul Arndt. Inscribed by the author to Alexander Stuart Murray.Die Zuschauenden Gotter in Den Rotfigurigen Vasengemalden des Malerischen Stiles, published in 1888 by Gustav Fock and written by Leo Bloch. Inscribed by the author to Alexander Stuart Murray.Die Griechischen Vasen Mit Lieblingsnamen Erster Teil: Habilitationsschrift Durch Welche Mit Genehmigung der Philosophischen Facultat, published in 1889 by Halle A.S. and written by Konrad Wernicke.Die Griechischen Vasen Mit Lieblingsnamen, published in 1890 by Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer and written by Konrad Wernicke. Inscribed by the author to Alexander Staurt Murray.Etudes Sur Les Premieres Periodes de la Ceramique Grecque, published in 1891 by A. Giraudon and written by P. Milliet. Inscribed by the author to Alexander Stuart Murray.'Herakles und Geras', published in 1891 in Volume 50 of the periodicalPhilologusand written by P. Hartwig.'A Vase of the Mykenai Type in New York', published in 1902 in the American Journal of Archaeology, Volume VI, No. 4, written by the compiler of these pamphlets, Alexander Stuart Murray. Also including a handwritten letter from antiquarian Cecil Torr to Alexander Stuart Murray regarding this article.'La Tete d'Hathor Sur Des Vases Chypriotes', published in 1893 in theRevue Des Etudes Grecques and written by Maxime Collingnon.Ercole e Tritone, published in 1882 and extracted from the Institute of Archaeological Correspondence, written by E. Peterson.'Zu Den Attischen Kleinmeistern', published 1889 in the Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, written by Arthur Schneider. Inscribed by the author to Alexander Stuart Murray.Archeological Letters of Athanasiou Russopoulou, Picture of Antigone on an Ancient Ostrak, published in 1884 from the printing office in Athens, Anesti Konstantinidou. Inscribed by the author to Alexander Stuart Murray.'L'Orfevrerie Mycenienne, A Propos d'Un Vase du Dipylon', published in 1894 in the Revue Des Etudes Grecques, written by Edmond Potter.Di Alcune Pitture di Vasi Greci Nelle Quali Si Crede Rappresentata, published in 1895 by the Tipografia Della R. Accademia Dei Lincei, written by Felice Barnabei.This copy was previously housed in the Cardiff Public Libraries, and contains a library bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound in full cloth binding. Externally, some shelf wear to the boards, and fading to the spine. Some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Cloth is split to the joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good. book.