L'architecture du Ve au XVIIe siècle et les arts qui en dépendent : la sculpture, la peinture murale, la peinture sur verre, la mosaique, la ferronnerie, etc. 4-vol. set (Complete) [INCLUDES 251 STEEL-ENGRAVINGS AND 54 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS]
by Gailhabaud, Jules
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Paris: A. Morel, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio (17 3/4 x 13 1/2"). Vol. 1: [4], 56pp (Text), lxxxi (81) leaves (Plates); Vol. 2: [4], 120pp (Text), cxvii (117) leaves (Plates); Vol. 3: [4], 74pp (Text), xcviii (98) leaves (Plates); Vol. 4: [4], 166 (i.e. 168)pp (Text), cv (105) leaves (Plates). Original half burgundy morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. All top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Publisher's device on each title.
- First volume illustrated with 81 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 67 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each, 6 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each, and 1 full-page chromolithograph accounting for two plates;
- Second volume illustrated with 117 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 45 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each, 3 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each, 21 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each, and 6 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;
- Third volume illustrated with 98 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 56 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each, 9 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each, and 6 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;
- Fourth volume illustrated with 105 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 69 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each, 5 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each, 9 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each, and 2 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;
ALL PLATES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.
Splendidly illustrated throughout with 251 steel engravings (including 14 double-page), 54 chromolithographs (including 14 double-page), this monumental architectural survey from the 5th to the 17th century deals not merely with the architecture produced from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the end of the Renaissance, but also sculpture, mural painting, painting on glass, mosaic work, bronzes, iron work, the furniture of churches, etc..
Bindings rubbed along edges, with sporadic abrasion to leather. Ex-library copy with stickers at tail of spines, upper margin of front covers, and on inside of back covers. Bookplate on inside of each front cover. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in French. Bindings in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.
- First volume illustrated with 81 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 67 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each, 6 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each, and 1 full-page chromolithograph accounting for two plates;
- Second volume illustrated with 117 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 45 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each, 3 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each, 21 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each, and 6 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;
- Third volume illustrated with 98 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 56 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each, 9 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each, and 6 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;
- Fourth volume illustrated with 105 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 69 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each, 5 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each, 9 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each, and 2 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;
ALL PLATES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.
Splendidly illustrated throughout with 251 steel engravings (including 14 double-page), 54 chromolithographs (including 14 double-page), this monumental architectural survey from the 5th to the 17th century deals not merely with the architecture produced from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the end of the Renaissance, but also sculpture, mural painting, painting on glass, mosaic work, bronzes, iron work, the furniture of churches, etc..
Bindings rubbed along edges, with sporadic abrasion to leather. Ex-library copy with stickers at tail of spines, upper margin of front covers, and on inside of back covers. Bookplate on inside of each front cover. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in French. Bindings in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
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- 42692
- Title
- L'architecture du Ve au XVIIe siècle et les arts qui en dépendent : la sculpture, la peinture murale, la peinture sur verre, la mosaique, la ferronnerie, etc. 4-vol. set (Complete) [INCLUDES 251 STEEL-ENGRAVINGS AND 54 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS]
- Author
- Gailhabaud, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- A. Morel
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1872
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