Title: L'Ornement Polychrome... [2 editions with 219 plates] Author: Racinet, [Auguste] Place: Paris Publisher: Firmin-Didot-Date: [c.1870 & c.1885] Description: Includes: L'Ornement Polychrome. 100 chromolithograph plates, loose and housed in 4 green cloth chemises with ties, gilt-lettered covers. With no textual leaves in this copy. (40.3x29 15¾x11¼"). 1st Series. [c.1870]. * L'Ornement Polychrome: Cent Planches en Couleurs or et Argent Art Ancien et Asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance... [12] pp. text + 119 (of 120) chromolithograph plates, and their accompanying text. 41x28.8 cm. (16x11¼"), loose illustrations, leafs and signatures housed in green cloth chemise with ties, re-backed with original spine laid down, lettered in black, original string ties. Second Series. Wonderful collection of plates of architectural treasures from around the world, each in vibrant colors. Inside cover of each chemise with a sticker from Matthias Hetherington Architectural Books in San Francisco. Lot Amendments Condition: Chemise spine ends and corners a bit rubbed, chipped, or cracking; plates with scattered and very light marginal marks; 2nd work lacks plate XVIII; most plates are clean and near fine. Item number: 225601
Title: L'Ornement Polychrome... [2 editions with 219 plates] Author: Racinet, [Auguste] Place: Paris Publisher: Firmin-Didot-Date: [c.1870 & c.1885] Description: Includes: L'Ornement Polychrome. 100 chromolithograph plates, loose and housed in 4 green cloth chemises with ties, gilt-lettered covers. With no textual leaves in this copy. (40.3x29 15¾x11¼"). 1st Series. [c.1870]. * L'Ornement Polychrome: Cent Planches en Couleurs or et Argent Art Ancien et Asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance... [12] pp. text + 119 (of 120) chromolithograph plates, and their accompanying text. 41x28.8 cm. (16x11¼"), loose illustrations, leafs and signatures housed in green cloth chemise with ties, re-backed with original spine laid down, lettered in black, original string ties. Second Series. Wonderful collection of plates of architectural treasures from around the world, each in vibrant colors. Inside cover of each chemise with a sticker from Matthias Hetherington Architectural Books in San Francisco. Lot Amendments Condition: Chemise spine ends and corners a bit rubbed, chipped, or cracking; plates with scattered and very light marginal marks; 2nd work lacks plate XVIII; most plates are clean and near fine. Item number: 225601
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