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1839. First Edition . WILLEMIN, Nicholas Xavier and POTTIER, André. Monuments Français Inédits, Pour Servir a l'Histoire des Arts. Paris: Chez Mlle Willemin, 1839. Two volumes. Folio (11 by 17 inches), contemporary three-quarter crimson morocco gilt rebacked and recornered with original spines laid down, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, uncut. $6000.First edition of this wonderful collection of masterpieces of French decorative arts culled from early medieval to late Renaissancecostumes, weapons, musical instruments, furniture, furnishings, stained glass, interior and exterior architectural detailswith 300 intricately detailed folio engraved plates, 184 of them with brilliant and delicate hand-coloring.Willemin was the first to provide such accurate illustrations of French mediaeval decorative art and his finely engraved and colored plates both reflected and influenced contemporary taste. His survey includes church and state regalia and monuments, as…
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