New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Company, n.y.. Hardcover. Folio (17" X 11 34"). String-tied slate blue spine and corners with tan printed paper over boards portfolio housing 42 loose heavy card stock 11½" X 16 3/4" sheets (rectos only). Good plus/near fine. Portfolio rubbed and slightly scuffed, with expert archival strengthening to spine -- complete and overall fairly attractive and handleable; top sheet (title page) slightly age toned, remainder only toned about the edges. Attractive and complete set of these detailed architectural renderings from this 16th century Renaissance palace in Rome designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi, first published in Paris by F.T. Suys et L.P. Haudebourt in 1818. Undated, but likely circa 1915. The blank verso of each card bears the inkstamped name of "A.S. Graven, Inc.," the Chicago architectural firm responsible for many of that area's famed movie palaces and other structures. The first edition is quite scarce in complete form and even this reprint a century later very uncommon.

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 43585
Title: Palais Massimi a Rome
Author: (PALAZZO MASSIMO ALE COLONNE)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Architectural Book Publishing Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: n.y.
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Prints & Photographs; Architecture;

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.

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Remainder: Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Folio: A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...