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Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes

298 - A collection of architectural works.
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Estimate €120 - €180
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A collection of architectural works. 1/ - Thiollier, Félix. - The Work of Pierre Bossan, Architect (…) containing 450 architectural motifs reproduced in heliogravure. Montbrison, Eleuthère Brassart, 1891. 1 vol. large folio, loose-leaf, in a cardboard cover – Spine missing, water stains on numerous plates – 23 pp, 117 pll. Complete with all required plates. One of 450 copies printed on laid paper in the original format. No. 388 has been cancelled. Pierre Bossan was the architect of the Basilica of Fourvière in Lyon and the Basilica of Ars. 2/ – Lübke, Wilhelm. - Denkmäler des Kunst zur Ueberficht des Entwidlungsganges der bildenden Künste von den früheten Werken bis auf neuere Zeit; Volksausgabe; Stuttgart, Ebner and Geubert, 1865. 1 oblong volume in buff percaline. - Split joints, spine raised at the tail end, stained covers, some plates loose, foxing. - 56 pp., 56 plates. 3/ - Noé, L. – Architecture and Sculpture in France: Documents on Styles from the 9th to the 19th Century, Paris, Librairie de la Construction nouvelle, 1891. 1 folio volume in loose sheets within a cardboard slipcase fastened with laces - Spines split along their entire length and partially detached from the covers; one closing lace is missing; several plates are missing, including numbers 73, 74, 75, 76, 80, 83, 86, 87 according to the table of contents, though this is very incomplete and omits plates that are present in the volume. – 95 pp. + issue covers. 4/ - Durand, Jean Nicolas Louis. - A Collection and Comparison of Buildings of All Kinds, Ancient and Modern, Remarkable for Their Beauty, Grandeur or Uniqueness, and Drawn to a Uniform Scale. Paris: Vincent, Fréal et Cie, 1800. 1 oblong volume in loose sheets in a drawing case – Plates 12, 29, 39, 40 and 41 are missing. Plate 20 is duplicated – 59 plates. + 2 title plates and 1 table of contents plate. It appears that this volume is a 1930s reprint, although the BNF catalogue attributes the date of the original edition to Year IX (1800). 5/ - Bigot, Paul. - Ancient Rome in the 4th century AD. Paris, Vincent Fréal et Cie, 1942. 1 oblong volume in loose sheets in the publisher’s laced cardboard slipcase – covers faded and worn along the edges, water stains on the front cover, pages sun-faded at the margins – 72 pp. 47 plates, including 3 double-page plates and 3 fold-outs + 1 unnumbered plate signed by Bigot. Copy no. 256 (from an unspecified print run)
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