Author: Berty, Adolphe
Title: La Renaissance Monumentale En France: Specimens de Composition Et D'Ornementation Architectoniques (Tome Premier)
Description: Paris, A. Morel, 1864. Hardcover. Red half leather, gilt, raised bands, marbled covers and endpapers. 23 pp. text, 50 plates with blank paper protectors and some text pages between the plates. Oversize. Ornamentation of French buildings after the reign of Charles VII until that of Louis XIV. Each section covers a specific building/place, with complete text and several bw plates. Text in French. Includes hotels, churches, homes, chateaux, gardens, cemeteries, and more. Beautiful plates with multiple images in each section. Interior very good, clean and tight. Covers fair with front cover separated with small bit of spine attached to it. Remaing spine has additional tear but remains attached. Back cover farily solidly attached. Ex-library with spine label and bookplate but no stamps or marks on plates. with very old ownership bookplates from Gorham & Co. Silversmiths.

Keywords: European Architecture ; French Renaissance Architecture ; ; Regional Architecture - European


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