The Habitations of Man in All Ages
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
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