Description

Text in French. Large quarto, bound in brown half-leather, with raised bands and gold lettering, over marbled paper covered boards. 749 pages. Marbled end-papers. T.e.g., Illustrated with 731 half-tones, sketches and diagrams in text. First edition. The first French edition of this classic covering the origins and development of Church architecture from the 3rd century through the 12th centuries. Small previous owner’s label inside front cover. Mild toning to prelims and title pages, else interior is clean and unmarked. Covers protected by handsomely executed handcrafted acetate covers. A very nice copy of the harder to find first printing, the 1929 second edition being more common. Text in French. Very good+ or better. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.