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Excerpt from Le Salon de 1857: Peinture, SculptureLa somme de toiles honorables est plus grande peut - être a cette exposition qu'à celles des au tres années; il y a du talent presque partout, mais il n'y a de génie nulle part. Le niveau a passé sur toutes les têtes, et si nous ne voulions citer que les oeuvres sévèrement remarquables du Salon de 4857, nous n'aurions à enregistrer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.