Detail of a stone tablet found in a tomb at Thebes, discovered by the Earl of Belmore. Lithograph made by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1818), reproduced on the back cover.
Livres d'art, otherwise referred to as livres de galerie, are books in which the illustration holds a predominant place in relation to the text. They often require high quality papers as they belong i
"Découvertes Gallimard", a collection of monographs published like art books.