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1881139090Boston: James R. Osgood and Co 1881. Hardcover. G Some wear to edges a scuff on front cover some fold-outs jut above or below book block; but all are present; interior good with few marks from previous owners; hinges are loosening a bit. The 2nd volume of 2-volume set. Brown cloth gilt letters on spine gilt decoration on front cover blind-stamped on rear cover 438 pp. 19 BW engravings 93 BW woodcuts many fold-outs. Volume 2 of a 2-volume set of ruminations on the subject by Gothic Revival architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879. With many fold-out renderings that are exquisitely done. James R. Osgood and Co hardcover
180938832Paris: printed by Didot for Martinet and Janet 1809. A PRISTINE COPY of Viollet-le-Duc's satirical attack on modern poetry. vi 68 pp. Printed on extremely fine laid paper. In his catalogue of his unparalleled library of French poetry since the middle ages vol. I p. 12 Viollet-le-Duc 1781-1857 the father of the famous architect laments that many poets fall into the traps that this satire meant to warn against. 12mo. Original wraps. Light wear to wraps else UNCUT FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare especially in such pristine condition. sxxi <br/><br/> printed by Didot for Martinet and Janet paperback
18634945884A. Moral et Cie 1863. Volume 1-2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Complete. Large 8vo. Green cloth half leather binding. Raised bands and gilt lettering on backstrip. Backstrip of vol II. chipped and semi detached and front board detached. Bumped corners and some general wear. Front board and backstrip of vol I. has seperated from spine. Pages are secure and clean save for moderate foxing. Illustrated and contains numerous architectural plates. Red edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item2550grams ISBN: A. Moral et Cie hardcover
18830813R619928V. A. Morel. Very Good. 1883. Unknown Binding. Paris 1880. 31pp pamphlet in French with wrappers bound in half red morocco and marbled boards lightly rubbed tips worn. Marbled endpapers. Four engravings two plans lightly foxed. Rear wrapper with repair affecting back cover text.; 31 pages . V. A. Morel unknown
187699Boston: James R. Osgood & Co 1876. First America Edition. James R Osgood & Co Boston 1876 First American Edition. 8vo grey decorated cloth with beveled edges color frontispiece 394pp numerous woodcut illustrations Small stain to bottom edge of front cover extremities lightly rubbed Near Very Good condition Quantity Available: 1 Category: Architecture; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 000099. James R. Osgood & Co unknown
187617714London:: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1876. First English edition. original cloth. Front hinge broken; bookplate; light wear to cloth. 8vo. Translated by Benjamin Bucknall. Color frontispiece; plates and text illustrations in black and white. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, hardcover
1876990G50London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1876 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart illustrated copy of this account of domestic architecture across cultures translated into English. The first edition of this English translation.A smart copy in publisher's original decorative green cloth binding.Illustrated with a beautiful coloured frontispiece 8 further monochrome plates and in text illustartions throughout. Collated complete.A work originally by Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc a French architect and author famous for his restoration of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France. His major restoration projects included Notre-Dame de Paris the Basilica of Saint Denis Mont Saint-Michel Sainte-Chapelle the medieval walls of the city of Carcassonne and Château de Roquetaillade in the Bordeaux region.Translated into English by Benjamin Bucknall this volume describes the origin and development of domestic architecture among different cultures the modes in which human dwellings have been constructed and the appearance and manners of their inhabitants from pre-historic to modern times. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Shelf wear to extremities with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Small faint marks to front board. Closed tear to front free endpaper. Small tide mark to rear endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington hardcover
18677543121A. Morel Éditeur 1867. Volumes 1 2 3 4 5 6. Each volume has the library label of Eton College Beatae Mariae De Etona donated by Josephus Fridericus Burrell. Bound in half contemporary red morocco with marbled boards raised bands to spine and gilt lettering on spines. There is some rubbing with some discolouring to the spines and occasional scuff marks on the boards but generally a good looking series. The early leaves of each volume have some light foxing but apart from these the contents are generally clean. These six volumes are dated from 1867 to 1868 and are the first six volumes of the ten volume set. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item6550grams ISBN: A. Morel, Éditeur hardcover
18751012W40Paris: Bibliotheque D'Education et de Recreation 1875. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 7". Viollet-le-Duc. A half calf first edition of this richly illustrated architectural history. A first edition French title reflecting on humanity's long history of architectural skill and development. Bound in half calf and marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine and red speckled text block edges. Undated dated from a copy held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries. Featuring a colour frontispiece and twenty-four unlisted monochrome plates. Collated from a copy held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries complete. Featuring renderings of global historical architecture including from China Egypt Assyria Greece Rome. Penned by Fench architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc famous for his restoration work on medieval french landmarks including the Notre-Dame de Paris and the Mont-Saint-Michel. He wrote prominently on architecture and design and was incredibly influential on all the major Art Nouveau artists including Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe whilst also influencing writers and artists such as John Ruskin William Morris Christina Rossetti Edward Poynter. Bound in half calf and marbled boards. Externally generally smart. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Mild fading to spine. The odd scuff to boards. Very slight age toning to endpaper extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good Indeed Bibliotheque D'Education et de Recreation hardcover
188085496Paris: Jules Hetzel & Cie 1880. Fine. Jules Hetzel & Cie Paris s. d. ca 1880 15.50 x 24.50 cm relié New illustrated edition with a color frontispiece as well as plates and in-text drawings in black. Half-brown shagreen binding spine with four raised bands decorated with richly ornamented double compartments triple-ruled frame on brown paper boards front cover stamped with the gilt arms of the city of Paris enhanced with the gilt inscription ""Prix municipal de dessin"" white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns corners very lightly rubbed all edges gilt contemporary binding. Prize book label pasted on one pastedown. Handsome copy free from foxing and attractively bound with the arms of the city of Paris. Jules Hetzel & Cie hardcover
18741604280102Paris Bibliotheque d'education et de recreation 1874-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome 1/4 French red leather binding over red and black speckled boards. 4 raised spine bands. Mabrled end pages. Very good binding and cover. 2 preliminary leaves 368 pages color frontispiece map illustrations 32 plates including plans 7 color diagrams 24 cm. Viollet-le-Duc was a noted 19th century French Gothic-revival architect. He served in the defense of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. This book is a military history of Le Roche-Pont an imaginary castle set in a detailed historical setting. 368 pp avec 32 planches hors texte dont huit en couleurs et 85 figures in-texte et hors texte; reliure fendue et consolidee. Paris, Bibliotheque d'education et de recreation hardcover
1877208327United Kingdom: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1877. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback 8vo pictorial blue cloth lettered black and gilt gilt vignette to upper board rubbed at head and tail of spine and to corners of boards with a small loss at head of spine however a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text 120 b&w drawings xvi 378pp. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Hardcover
1874810A27Paris: J. Hetzel 1874. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Viollet-le-Duc. A sweeping work of architectural history by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc in the original French. History of the fortification or a fortified fictional site called la Roche-Pont from its earliest pre-Roman history to its siege by the Allied armies in 1814. Drawn upon Viollet le-Duc's personal experiences during the Franco-Prussian war and his interest in the techniques of siege warfare. In the original French. Illustrated by the author with eight colour plates maps and other illustrations in text.Eugene Viollet-le-Duc was an influential French architect and author known for restoring many prominent medieval landmarks in France particularly those damaged during the French Revolution. Included among his major works are the restorations of Notre-Dame de Paris the Basilica of Saint-Denis the medieval walls of the city of Carcassonne. He also planned much of the construction of the Statue of Liberty. In a quarter straight-up grain morocco binding over cloth covered boards doubleur endpapers and gilt to the edges. Externally smart with some shelf wear and rubbing to the boards and spine minor loss to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to the occasional leaf. Illustrated with eight colour plates as well as maps and other illustrations in text. Very Good J. Hetzel hardcover
187223-1068Paris: E. Martinet 1872. 1872 498pp 488pp illus. one color plate per volume decorative eps red leather spines w/ marbled boards 4 raised bars to spines v. 5 & 6 only v. 5: Huitieme Partie Armes de Guerre Offensives et Defensives; v. 6 Harnais & Appendice text is entirely in French bookplate of Robert Swain Peabody 1845-1917 a prominent Boston Architect both volumes show slight rubbing & shelfwewar to boards spines both darkened much edgewear to spines spine ends worn heavier to tops v. 5 front cover starting to split from spine about 2" both volumes have vol. # on spine gouged out v. 6 front free ep is stuck to front cover neither vol. has a proper title pg both hav a pg w/ name of set & v. 5 has a pg w/ name of that volume this is missing in v. 6 v. 6 has waterstain to top corner of 1st 60 pgs a couple pgs w/ light foxing otherwise contents clean & unmarked. Half-Leather. Very Good -/No Jacket. E. Martinet Hardcover
186068542Paris : B. Bance Fils - F. Chamerot 1860. 225x140mm. illustrations n/b in et hors texte et 1 carte n/b dpliante la fin de lÕouvrage broch. Dos restaur couverture dÕorigine sans rousseurs. 280 B. Bance Fils - F. Chamerot unknown
18771204139Published by Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1877. 1st edition. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. A Treatise on its Geodesical and Geological Constitution; its Transformations; and The Ancient and Recent State of its Glaciers. Blue cloth with gilt & black title and decoration. 112 woodcut illustrations. xvi plus 378 pages and 2 page book list to rear. Edges worn corners bumped. 1" split to side of spine which is browned. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. One section detached but present pages 65 to 80. Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington hardcover
187585405London: Sampson LowMarstonLow & Searle. A Rare title in Contemporary red cloth boards with gilt pictorial inlay of a fort to the front cover contained within border.The book has bevelled edgesgilt title to spin and lettered in black to the upper cover.Slight scuff and rubbing to head of spine and to a couple of corners of the book.There is one former owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and one small previous bookseller's catalogue entry tipped onto the front endpaper easily removed The binding remains firm with NO hinge weakness.There is a coloured map of Ohet as frontispiece and there are a further 84 drawings and sketches.The wonderfully atmospheric life story of a fortress charts brilliantly the development of fortification and the art of the siege This evocative work is one of the greatest and most unusual books ever written on siege warfare and fortifications.The author recreates the life of a French castle from its obscure origins to its fate in the Franco-Prussian War.As an architect and experienced military engineer Viollet-le-Duc was uniquely placed to write on the history of fortifications. In Annals of a Fortress he examines the life of the imaginery Castle of La Roche-Pont as it endures numerous protracted and bitter sieges. Viollet-le-Duc was a noted military engineer serving admirably in the Franco-Prussian War and also an architectural historian.Great copy for the collectorif not in the original binding then certainly contemporary to the time8vo xv 390pp Plus 40pp of Publisher's list at rear of the book.First Edition 1875 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1875. Sampson Low,Marston,Low & Searle hardcover
1847006526Paris: J. Flot 1847 8vo 23 cm XII 252 pp. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards spine with raised bands red and black gilt-lettered labels marbled endpapers fore- and bottom-edges untrimmed leather slightly rubbed spine chipped at the top occasional foxing. This is a catalogue of the second part of the library of the French writer Emmanuel-Louis-Nicolas Viollet le Duc 1781-1857. The first volume was issued in 1843. The second part contains "chansons fabliaux contes en vers et en prose facéttes pièces comiques et burlesques aventures galantes amoureuses prodigieuses." The library was auctioned in 1849. Brunet V 1262; not listed in Blogie. J. Flot hardcover
187523688Boston: James R. Osgood And Company 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth backstrip and front cover decorated in gilt. Very good. Viollet-Le-Duc E.E. XX 2 517 pages. 26 x 17.5 cm. Large fold-out plate a frontispiece. with an additional 17 black and white plates many are also fold-outs. More than 100 text figures. Brunt a prominent Boston architect produced designs for many buildings in the Boston area including Harvard University's Memorial Hall: a fine example of Ruskinian Gothic architecture. Modest extremity wear owner inscription dated 1875 bookplate. James R. Osgood And Company hardcover
1868579027Paris: A.Morel 1868. Full set of ten volumes plus Table Analytique. All approx 500 pages in length. Patterned end papers in good condition. Pages clean. Brown spotting on some pages mostly the end papers. Binding in fair condition. The backstrip and front cover are loose from the main body of the table analytique. Cover scuffed and marked in places mostly the edges and corners with tears. Gilt edging is in good condition. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library. With usual stamps and markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item12500grams ISBN: A.Morel hardcover
18586035PARIS: Bance Editeur 1858. Primera edición.- 4º menor.- Media piel con nervios y dorados. Cortes pintados.- 437 páginas.- 28 láminas a color fuera de texto más numerosos grabaditos entre texto. Edición original de esta obra esencial para la Historia del Mueble Europeo. Sello de la princesa Gagarine en guarda anterior. Muy buen ejemplar. Bance, Editeur unknown
186039500Parker 1860. 8vo. First Edition thus with numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text half-title lightly spotted; red cloth backstrip lettered in black red sprinkled edges covers mildly faded else a bright firm copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. This copy was formerly in the Library of the British War Office and bears its neat stamp on front endpapers and title. VERY SCARCE. Parker, hardcover
1875ZB1339085Boston: James R. Osgood 1875 & 1881. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 2 vols. xxi 517 viii 438 pp. folding frontispieces and plates; uniformly bound in original gilt stamped decorated brick colored cloth hardcovers light foxing to early and later leaves of the second volume hinges weak covers lightly soiled tips lightly rubbed else internally clean. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Boston: James R. Osgood hardcover
18776834505Paris: A. Morel 1877. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover.Gilt decorative imprint on covers and backstrip; spine splitting; slight foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1300grams ISBN: A. Morel hardcover
1877015362Paris: Morel 1877. Book measures 28x18.cm. Collation viii 261pp 1pp errata 31 plates of which 18 are printed in colour. Bound in original publishers ornate embossed gilt cloth with full gilt edges yellow endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed minoe wear. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally some intermittant light spotting foxing throughout. Pages and plates in good condition. Housed in slipcase. F. Cloth. Very Good. Large 8vo. Morel Hardcover