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Fragments d'Architecture Antique d'après les relevés et restaurations des anciens pensionnaires de l'Académie de France à Rome. 2-vol. set (Complete)
by D'Espouy, Hector
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Charles Massin, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. fair. Folio. 11, [1] (text), 100 loose plates, as issued (Vol.1) [8]pp (text), 100 loose plates, as issued (Vol.2). Original half red cloth over burgundy morocco portfolio with gold lettering on front covers and spines. String ties. Vignette on each title page. Stunning collection of classical Greek and Roman architectural reconstruction reproduced in heliogravure. The selections show a true care and attention to detail in bringing these design elements back to life and the renderings are simply splendid. First volume has heavy dampstaining and abrasion on portfolio. Spine and joints repaired with tan cloth. Half-title sunned. Sporadic dampstaining along fore-edge of plates (not affecting images, except for plates #4 and 44). Spine of second volume partly torn, and moderate rubbing on covers. Previous owner's stamp on inside of covers, half-titles, and at lower margin of plates (Russell E. Collins). Text and captions in French. Portfolios in overall poor, interior of first volume in good-, interior of second volume in good+, images in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34957
- Title
- Fragments d'Architecture Antique d'après les relevés et restaurations des anciens pensionnaires de l'Académie de France à Rome. 2-vol. set (Complete)
- Author
- D'Espouy, Hector
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles Massin
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Architecture in antiquity, Architecture in ancient Greece, Architecture of Rome, First edition, Illustrated, Reference
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- First Edition
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- Poor
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- Rubbing
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- Vignette
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- Spine
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- Morocco
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- Folio
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