De Clarac J.: Artistes de l Antiquite,Toulouse 1829. First and only edition. Manuscript dedication,signed by the author,in title. In 8vo,20x13cm,complete 85p.Contemporary red cloth,very good condition.Only 150 copies had been printed,this one bearing no22. The Compte De Clarac was the chief conservator of Louvre Museum for 30 years.After his retirement and inspired by the Greek resurgence during late 1820s, wrote this comprehensive work, for the Greek artists up to the early Byzantine period.He tried to name and blend artists from all kind of arts (painters,sculptors,architects) to underline the unity of ancient Greek art. Rare