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120. Toulongeon, François Emmanuel Toulongeon, vicomte de.

Vol. I. MANUEL / DU / MUSÉUM FRANÇAIS, / Avec une description
analytique et raisonné de / chaque tableau, indiqué au trait par

Plate CXXXI. From No. 119. "A View of the Tower of the Winds in its present
Condition" (Vol. I, Chap. III, Pl. I).

Plate CXXXII. From No. 119. "The Elevation of the Tower of the Winds" (Vol.
I, Chap. III, Pl. III).

Plate CXXXIII. From No. 119. "Of the Temple of Theseus: capital and entablature"
(Vol. III, Chap. I, Pl. VI).

une gra-/vure à l'eau forte, tous classés par Écoles, et / par O Euvre des
grands artistes. / PAR F. E. T. M. D. L. I. N. / A PARIS, / Chez
Treuttel et Würtz, Libraires, / quai Voltaire, no. 2. / Et à Strasbourg,
grand'rue, no. 15. / AN X. - 1802.

and

MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE ITALIENNE. / OEUVRE DU DOMINIQUIN
/ ET DE SPADA. / . . . / AN XI. - 1802.

8vo. Title page (1 leaf); introduction (3 leaves); text, with 18 engraved
plates inserted (34 leaves); half title for "Seconde Livraison" (1 leaf);
title page (1 leaf); text, with 20 engraved plates inserted (35 leaves).

Vol. II. MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE FLAMANDE. / OEUVRE DE
RUBENS. / . . . / AN XI. - 1803.

and

MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE ITALIENNE. / OEUVRE DE RAPHAËL.
/ . . . / AN XII.-1803.

8vo. Half title for "Troisième Livraison" (1 unnumbered p.); advertisement
(1 unnumbered p.); title page (1 leaf); text, with 48 engraved
plates inserted (64 leaves); half title for "Quatrième Livraison" (1 unnumbered
p.); advertisement (1 unnumbered p.); title page (1 leaf);
text, with 39 engraved plates inserted (74 leaves); errata (1 leaf).

Vol. III. MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE. / OEUVRE DE
LEBRUN. / . . . / AN XII. - 1804.

and

MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE FLAMANDE. / OEUVRE / DE VAN
OSTADE, / DE GERARD DOW, / DE VAN DYK. / A PARIS, /
Chez TREUTTEL et WÜRTZ, Libraires; / Et à STRASBOURG,
même adresse / AN XII. - 1804.

8vo. Title page (1 leaf); text, with 34 engraved plates, of which 3 are
folding, inserted (50 leaves); half title for "Sixième Livraison" (1 leaf);
title page (1 leaf); text, with 49 engraved plates inserted (67 leaves).

Vol. IV. MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE. / OEUVRE DE
VERNET. / A PARIS / Chez TREUTTEL et WÜRTZ, Libraires, /
rue de Lille, no. 703; / Et à STRASBOURG, même Maison de Commerce.
/ AN XIII. - 1805.

and

MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE VÉNITIENNE. / OEUVRE DU TITIEN.
/ A PARIS / Chez TRUETTEL et WÜRTZ, Libraires, / rue
de Lille, derrière les Théatins. / . . . / 1805.

8vo. Half title for "Septième Livraison" (1 unnumbered p.); advertisement
(1 unnumbered p.); title page (1 leaf); text ([1]-72); 29 engraved
plates; half title for "Huitième Livraison" (1 unnumbered p.);
advertisement (1 unnumbered p.); title page (1 leaf); text, with 25 engraved
plates, of which 1 is folding, inserted (37 leaves).

Vol. V. MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE ITALIENNE. / OEUVRE DE
PAUL VÉRONÈSE. / . . . / rue de Lille, no. 17, derrière les Théatins.
/ . . . / 1806.

and

MANUEL / . . . / ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE. / OEUVRE DE LESUER.
/ GALERIE D SAINT-BRUNO, / Exposée au Luxembourg; décrite et
analysée par M. L. R. F. / . . . / 1808.

8vo. Half title for "Neuvième Livraison" (1 unnumbered p.); advertisement
(1 unnumbered p.); title page (1 leaf); text, with 17 engraved
plates, of which 1 is folding, inserted (37 leaves); prospectus (1 leaf);
half title for "Galerie de Saint-Bruno" (1 unnumbered p.); advertisement
(1 unnumbered p.); title page (1 leaf); text, with 26 engraved
plates, of which 2 are folding, inserted (47 leaves).

François Emmanuel Toulongeon, vicomte de Toulongeon (1748-1812),
had a military and political career although he cultivated the sciences,
letters, and the arts. He became a member of the Institute des Sciences
Morales et Politiques in 1797, and he left many literary works.

He gives his definition of beauty in his introduction in Vol. I:

Sowerby notes that Jefferson purchased his copy of this work in
1805. This set was in four volumes, all that were published in 1805, but
was later bound into three.

Jefferson made direct use of it in at least six instances during the
compilation of his final catalogue of his collections of painting and sculpture,
a catalogue in which he gave the location of each object at Monticello,

and which is now at the University of Virginia. These instances
were:

As an example of the way Jefferson was influenced by the Manuel,
compare item 72 above with Toulongeon's text for the Ascension of St.
Paul:

Jefferson's own set was sold to Congress. He ordered the work for
the University in the section on "Gardening. Painting. Sculpture.
Music" of the want list, and the library still has the set acquired on his
order.

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