PILON (Edmond). J.-B. Greuze painter of the woman and the girl of the 18th century. Paris : L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza, [1912]. - In-8, 249 x 187: frontispiece, 96 pp., (4 ff. last blank), 48 plates. Brown morocco, framed with straight and curved fillets, interlaced green morocco scrolls, and various mosaic motifs in red, green, havana, and orange morocco, smooth back decorated in the same spirit as on the plates, eight gilded fillets framed on the inside, lining and guards of brown moiré silk, gilded head, untrimmed (Countess of Friesland). Limited edition original edition of this study on the painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze, illustrated with 50 very beautiful reproductions of the artist's works, including 49 out of text and one at the head of the preface, all with captions. Copy on strong vellum paper, in a superb mosaic binding of the time, masterfully made. Instead of the bookbinder's signature, it bears the name of the Countess of Friesland. This is more likely the name of the owner of the work. Rare in this condition. A few small rubs of use at corners, caps and hinges.