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NOEL RaymondMareMagnum
Dictionnaire des châteaux de l'Aveyron
Rodez, Subervie, 1971. 3 volumes grands et forts In-8 brochés de 665 + 681 + 146 pages et nombreuses planches photos hors texte. Très bon état. Rare Broché
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101p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, spine faded
8pp. (text en flamand, français et en anglais) + 36 postkaarten (36 cartes postales), 28cm., br.orig., bon état, B89517
428pp., with 145 bl/w illustrations, 21cm., softcover, text in German, Doctoral dissertation (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, S109473
Rodez, Subervie, 1971. 3 volumes grands et forts In-8 brochés de 665 + 681 + 146 pages et nombreuses planches photos hors texte. Très bon état. Rare Broché
202 pages including black and white photographic plates of antiques and architecture. "Points out pleasant pathways wherein to loiter as you build your castles in Spain; in other words, wait for your sailings to Vigo or Barcelona." - from xiii. Contents clean and bright. Prior owner information upon front endpaper. Some sunning to spine. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Nice copy of this interesting work. Book
An extremely rare monograph on the Ch‚teau de Chambord, with THREE LARGE, STUNNING HORS-TEXTE LITHOGRAPHS OF THE CHATEAU BY C. PENSEE. 32 pp + 3 lithographs. This is the third edition of the text, but the FIRST AND ONLY EDITION in folio format with the three lithographs. Folio. Original printed wraps. Wraps lightly worn and soiled. INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT. A pristine copy of a rare and beautiful publication. The BNF has a copy, apparently missing the three lithographs.
in-8, 271 pp., abdt illustré en n&b, cartes, broché Bon état. [TX-9]
Rodez, 2011. In-4 cartonnage éditeur illustré de 197 pages. Photos. Parfait état.
Rodez, 2007. In-4 cartonnage éditeur illustré de 161 pages. Photos. Parfait état.
Vincent Fréal 1936, In-8 relié demi-basane brune, titre et fleuron dorés en dos. 53 pages + 96 planches photos. Notices historiques et descriptives par J. de MONTARNAL. Dos un peu passé sans gravité. Bel exemplaire. Rare
Vincent Fréal, 1936. In-8 broché. 53 pages + 96 planches photos. Notices historiques et descriptives par J. de MONTARNAL. Quelques rousseurs en bord de couverture, corps de l'ouvrage en bon état. Rare
1ère édition de cet essai où Michel MELOT, archiviste-paléographe qui fut directeur du Département des estampes et de la photographie de la Bibliothèque Nationale, présente les châteaux du Pays de Loire dans leur contexte historique, étudiant leur fonction sociale: paysages et matériaux conditionnant la construction des châteaux; l'"héritage" architectural médiéval fortifié; Renaissance et logis des "nouveaux rois" et "nouveaux seigneurs"; l'exemple d'Azay-le-Rideau; caractéristiques architecturales et éléments de décors; les "nouveaux maîtres" du XIXè siècle; avec citations littéraires; "images et mise en images" de l'architecte et photographe Michel SAUDAN et de Sylvia SAUDAN-SKIRA, architecte et éditrice: carte double page, très nombreuses photos de Michel et Lionel SAUDAN, fac-simillés de documents anciens (dessins et relevés, lithographies, etc); index; notes et références; bibliographie. Exemplaire bien complet de ses jaquette et étui. Français
G. de Bussac Sans date, vers 1980, In-8 broché, couverture illustrée. 80 pages + photos. Bon état.
In-4, 32p. Illustré de 85 photographies n/b inédites de B. Rast. A l'état de neuf.
Book is in excellent condition, in rich blue cloth HB covers with gilt print at front and spine. Colored map endpapers. Flawless. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, is price-clipped, no tears. Oblong format with full page, full color, often remarkable elevations and arial photos, some detail of the mansions, castles and estates, moslty from the 14th - 17th century along the Loire Valley in France, including Azay-le-Rideau, Chaumont, Le Moulin, Villandry, Blois, Sully-sur-Loire, Chenonceaux, Champigny-sur-Veude, Le Lude, Usse, Beauregard, Loches, Amboise, Saumur, Chinon, Cheverny, Valencay, Montreuil-ellay, Chambord, with map and historcial notes and index at back. copyright Pistil Books, 2011 About 150 pages on heavy, glossy paper.
Flammarion 1969, In-8 broché, couverture illustrée. 268 pages. Photos, plans. Bon état.
français In-8 de 271 pp.; broché de l'éditeur. Riche iconographie. Exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur, en marge du faux-titre.
Arthaud 1954, peti In-4 broché, couverture à rabats. 50 pages de texte + 52 héliogravures . Carte dépliante. Parfait état.
32x45 cm, cartella editoriale in mezza tela, chiusura con 3 nastri, una fotografia applicata al piatto, titoli in oro al piatto e al dorso; p. (12), 40 fotografie a piena pagina, sciolte, stampate solo sul recto
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), fine photographic plates lightly toned in sepia, numerous illustrations in the text, large folding coloured map in pocket at end and pictorial endpapers; original maroon boards, upper board lettered in gilt, black cloth back lettered in gilt, red top, decorative endpapers printed in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the trade ticket of City Bookshop, Guildford, on front paste-down, and engraved pictorial bookplate of Victor Woolven on half-title. Elegant copy of the first impression of the third of GWR's three great themed travel guides of the mid-1920s (the others being James's Abbeys and Beer's Cathedrals). Although greatly popular and many times reissued, copies of the original editions in this condition are actually quite elusive. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Burdett Wilson, pp. 91-3.
8vo, 77 pages, 39 illustrated plates. (The Rhinelands Collection Vol. 2) eng
"... it is a description of sixteen of the larger medieval fortresses of the Peloponnese, occupied by the Venetians during the period 1685-1715, and drawn by their engineers around the year 1700." Based on the discovery of a portfolio of the plans disceoverd in Venice in 1938. "This book is an attempt to gather together the historical resources relative to the castles figuring in the collection, and to present the results of my archaeological investigation , illustrated by early traveller's descriptions, by photographs of my own .... I have arranged the fortresses in the order as they fell to the armies of the Holy League in the campaigns of 1685-1792, ... In each chapter the fortress' history is recapitulated from its earliest known beginnings to its last military engagement, followed by an analysis of its architecture." Masterly, mammoth and not yet superseded this is a rare and classic work covering aspects of Greek history little studied or appreciated. 274p + XXXX plates. Illus, maps, chronology, bibliography.index Condition : Very good. Hinges starting, cover showing some wear and fading. Book
s.l., Hamlyn, 1968, 190pp.ill., hardcover with dustwr., in the series "Great Buildings of the World", S16969
Once great symbals of power and domination, castles are tangible reminders of Britain and Ireland's turbulent and bloody past - one of royalty, noblemen, intrigue and tyranny. Studded throughout the landscape, these formidable strongholds are inextricably entwined with the rich and resonant history and ever-changing terrain- of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.Beautifully captured in this gloriously illustrated volume are 115 of the most majestic and significant castles. 320p, colour illus.map. index Book
