Gailhabaud

1872 · 42692 — Paris: A. Morel 1872. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio 17 3/4 x 13 1/2". Vol. 1: 4 56pp Text lxxxi 81 leaves Plates; Vol. 2: 4 120pp Text cxvii 117 leaves Plates; Vol. 3: 4 74pp Text xcviii 98 leaves Plates; Vol. 4: 4 166 i.e. 168pp Text cv 105 leaves Plates. Original half burgundy morocco over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and tooling to spines. All top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Publisher's device on each title. <br /> <br /> - First volume illustrated with 81 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 67 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each 6 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each and 1 full-page chromolithograph accounting for two plates; <br /> <br /> - Second volume illustrated with 117 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 45 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each 3 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each 21 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each and 6 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;<br /> <br /> - Third volume illustrated with 98 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 56 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each 9 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each and 6 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;<br /> <br /> - Fourth volume illustrated with 105 tissue-guarded plates divided as follow: 69 full-page steel engravings counting as one plate each 5 double-page steel engravings counting as two plates each 9 full-page chromolithographs accounting for two plates each and 2 double-page chromolithographs accounting for four plates each;<br /> <br /> ALL PLATES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.<br /> <br /> Splendidly illustrated throughout with 251 steel engravings including 14 double-page 54 chromolithographs including 14 double-page this monumental architectural survey from the 5th to the 17th century deals not merely with the architecture produced from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the end of the Renaissance but also sculpture mural painting painting on glass mosaic work bronzes iron work the furniture of churches etc. <br /> <br /> Bindings rubbed along edges with sporadic abrasion to leather. Ex-library copy with stickers at tail of spines upper margin of front covers and on inside of back covers. Bookplate on inside of each front cover. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in French. Bindings in overall good- to good interior in very good condition. A. Morel hardcover