Ornamental plates
Les Arts Arabes. Architecture - Menuiserie - Bronzes - Plafonds - Revêtements - Marbres - Pavements - Vitraux - etc.
Folio (360 x 454 mm). (4), 3, (1), 4, (4), VIII, 28 pp. With 51 engr. plates and 41 chromolithographic plates. Contemporary half calf on 5 raised bands and giltstamped title to spine. Marbled endpapers.
$9,415.00
Only edition of this rare collection of stunning ornamental plates, showing Islamic architectural designs and decorative details thereof. With accompanying text by Bourgoin (1838-1908), who had spent years in Egypt as an architect and made extensive travels to Syria and Palestine. This monumental work, with a preface by E. Viollet-le-Duc, first made Arabic art widely known in Europe and was immediately recognized as a classic. Included with this set are three original pen-and-ink sketches of the geometrical mosaic designs in the Alcazar of Sevilla, as well as a sketch of western gothic architecture.
Some foxing throughout as usual, but mainly confined to margins. Binding slightly rubbed and bumped at extremities; still an excellent copy.
Blackmer 185. Gay 3435. OCLC 558156807.
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