XVIIe siècle; lettres, sciences et arts, France, 1590-1700
Subtitle: ouvrage illustré de 17 chromolithographies et de 300 gravures sur bois (dont 16 tirées hors texte) d'après les monuments de l'art de l'époque.
Publisher: Firmin-Didot et cie
Published: 1882
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 581
Subjects: Art -- France -- History.; France -- Social life and customs.; France -- Civilization.
Notes: At head of title : Paul Lacroix (Bibliophile Jacob).
Forms one of a series of works of uniform character by the same  author on manners and customs, literaure, the sciences and arts in France from the middle ages to the first empire.
Title and half-title in red and black.