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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
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
1875329285London : S. Low Marston Low and Searle 1875. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with pictorial cover. Some wear and tear to the spine bands and panel edges. Front board starting. Frontispiece accompanied by a guard sheet. Scattered foxing throughout. Text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: xv 1 390 pages 12 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations maps plans some color; 24 cm. Notes: Translation of: Histoire d'une forteresse.Translation of: Histoire d'une forteresse. Subjects: Fortification. Fortification History. Fortification France History. Siege warfare History. Military art and science; Handbooks manuals etc. Genre:Illustrated. London : S. Low, Marston, Low and 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
188416083Paris: Librairie centrale d'architecture. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edgeworn foxing otherwise light wear. Solid oversize folio. ; French language. Edition De Luxe N0. 171; Exemplaire Souscrit par M Adolphe Mony sculpteur. Six compartment red morocco spine with gilt spine lettering marbled boards marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Portrait frontispiece and one hundred plates; "contains a selection of chromolithographic and collotype reproductions of office drawings relating to his most important projects." ; iii 100 plates pages . Librairie centrale d'architecture hardcover
180645910à Paris: Chez F. Buisson 1806. Fine. Personal copy of poet Emmanuel Louis Nicolas Viollet-le-Duc father of famed architect and restorer of Notre-Dame Chez F. Buisson à Paris 1806 12 x 20 cm 2 volumes reliés Statement of second edition illustrated with three figures engraved by Tardieu. The first edition appeared in 3 vols. 18mo the same year. Full marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red long grain morocco title-label and volume labels. A tear with loss at head of first volume. Rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. Headcap of volume II partly worn away. Collection of light and gallant tales by François de Lantier. Verses he wrote for Madame du Barry earned him a pension from Choiseul and a position in Dresden. He is the author of the voyages d'Anténor. Of his tales he himself wrote in his preface: ""it is better to write fairy tales than political dreams and to have a small clandestine commerce with the Muses than to bear the burden of public affairs on one's back."" Interesting provenance chain: Viollet Le Duc bookplate his sale Poesie conteurs en prose faceties 5 November 1849 no. 1391; Library of Laurent de Crozet bookplate; Amédée de Crozet bookplate; Jules Bobin manuscript ownership inscription. Chez F. Buisson 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
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
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
1868500051628A Morel 1868. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor. board loose spine poor Bookplate of Sir Alfred William Clapham <br/> <br/> A Morel hardcover
1867500051631A Morel 1867. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor. boards loose spine poor large inscription on title Bookplate of Sir Alfred William Clapham <br/> <br/> A Morel hardcover
1869500051632A Morel 1869. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor. boards loose spine poor large inscription on title Bookplate of Sir Alfred William Clapham <br/> <br/> A Morel hardcover
187384749Paris: V.A. Morel & Co. 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. 24cm x 15cm. Half bound wine leather on wine cloth boards gilt stringing and decoration. Gilt titles to spine. Spines are faded to a rich honey. Marbled end-papers and red page edges. All volumes are tight and clean and show little sign of wear. <br/> <br/> V.A. Morel & Co. hardcover
1874197183Paris: Ve. A. Morel & Cie. Editeurs 1874. Hardcover. Good - Boards are moderately worn at edges and corners and generally; hinges at covers are cracking; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; bookplate ifc; interior is lightly toned and occasionally foxed; interior is clean. Red leather and marbled paper over boards with gilt lettering and design in spine compartment and four raised bands; top-edge gilted textblock; unpaginated; illustrations. Text in French. Volume 8 only. From the personal library of architect Hobart Upjohn. Ve. A. Morel & Cie., Editeurs hardcover
1874197178Paris: Ve. A. Morel & Cie. Editeurs 1874. Hardcover. Good - Boards are moderately worn at edges and corners and generally; hinges at covers are broken; back cover is loose from textblock and pulling spine strip away from the textblock; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; bookplate ifc; interior is lightly toned; interior is clean. Red leather and marbled paper over boards with gilt lettering and design in spine compartment and four raised bands; top-edge gilted textblock; unpaginated; illustrations. Text in French. Volume 10 only. From the personal library of architect Hobart Upjohn. Ve. A. Morel & Cie., Editeurs hardcover
1874197182Paris: Ve. A. Morel & Cie. Editeurs 1874. Hardcover. Good - Boards are moderately worn at edges and corners and generally; hinges at covers are cracking; front cover has pulled away from textblock with the spine strip; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; bookplate ifc; interior is lightly toned and occasionally foxed; interior is clean. Red leather and marbled paper over boards with gilt lettering and design in spine compartment and four raised bands; top-edge gilted textblock; unpaginated; illustrations. Text in French. Volume 9 only. From the personal library of architect Hobart Upjohn. Ve. A. Morel & Cie., Editeurs hardcover
1874197180Paris: Ve. A. Morel & Cie. Editeurs 1874. Hardcover. Good - Boards are moderately worn at edges and corners and generally; hinges at covers are cracking; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; bookplate ifc; interior is lightly toned and occasionally foxed; interior is clean. Red leather and marbled paper over boards with gilt lettering and design in spine compartment and four raised bands; top-edge gilted textblock; unpaginated; illustrations. Text in French. Volume 5 only. From the personal library of architect Hobart Upjohn. Ve. A. Morel & Cie., Editeurs hardcover
1874197179Paris: Ve. A. Morel & Cie. Editeurs 1874. Hardcover. Good - Boards are moderately worn at edges and corners and generally; hinges at covers are cracking; front cover is loose from textblock and pulling spine strip away from the textblock; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; bookplate ifc; interior is lightly toned and occasionally foxed; interior is clean. Red leather and marbled paper over boards with gilt lettering and design in spine compartment and four raised bands; top-edge gilted textblock; unpaginated; illustrations. Text in French. Volume 4 only. From the personal library of architect Hobart Upjohn. Ve. A. Morel & Cie., Editeurs hardcover
18722938495Ve A. Morel & Cie 1872. 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. No dust jacket. Large 8vo with marbled boards and red leather quarter binding. Raised bands. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Exterior is moderately worn. Bumped corners. Marbled end papers. Minimal foxing on some pages. Backstrip and front board are detached from binding in volumes 1 and 2. Other volumes are secure. Interior is clean. Trimmed Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item7250grams ISBN: Ve A. Morel & Cie hardcover
1858192299Paris: Bance 1858. Hardcover. Very Good. Cover has general wear spine hes leather peeling. Bookblock and interior pages have age toning foxing. French language text. Marbled boards. 5 raised band red leather spine with gilt lettering. 434 pgs 28 plates including 8 stunning color chromolithographs. Bance 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
18851017541885. Paris Librairies-Imprimeries Réunis n.d. 188. Large 8vo. 10 volumes. Half leather bindings marbled boards spine gilt. Top edge gilt. Lovely copies with only very occasional light staining. Numerous illustrations. The most important architectural dictionary of the nineteenth century and one of the great books in the entire literature of architecture. In the 1880's after Viollet-le-Duc's death the 'Librairie des imprimeries réunis' which had absorbed the 'Librairie Centrale d'Architecture' published the present 10-volume edition the last produced in the nineteenth century. c.f. Bressani Martin. Architecture and the Historical imagination. Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879 hardcover
1872013413Paris: Vve. A. Morel et Cie 1872. Six volumes. Octavo. 443 535 478 506 498 488 pp; illustrated with chromolithographs steel engravings & wood engravings. Quarter morocco over marbled boards with raised bands gilt spine lettering top edge gilt. VG a clean unmarked set occasional foxing; extremities lightly rubbed. Hard Cover. Very Good. Vve. A. Morel et Cie 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
1858135356Paris: Bance 1858. hardcover. very good. 6 volumes. Hundreds of black & white engravings with a few plates in color. Thick 4to 3/4 red morocco gilt-dec. raised bands t.e.g.; some light foxing corners and spine bumped. Paris: Bance 1858. A very good set.<br/> <br/> Furniture and decorative arts of the Middle Ages through the Renaissance.<br/> <br/> Bance unknown
