E violet le duc (4 Ergebnisse)

4to. 262 pp. Con numerosas ilustraciones. Encuadernación editorial. Buen estado.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A first English edition of this heavily illustrated work of military history by architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. The first English edition of the work, originally published as Histoire d'une Fortresse in 1874.In the original pictorial red cloth binding.Although Viollet-le-Duc is famed for his restoration of some of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France, including the Notre-Dame de Paris and Mont Saint-Michel, the architect had a second career in the military, primarily defending Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. He was so influenced by the conflict that in this later work, he describes an idealised defence of France through the analogy of the military history of Le Roche-Pont, an imaginary castle. The book influenced French military defensive thinking, and his critique of the effect of artillery describes the principles applied to the defence of France until World War II.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 11 plates, and in text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.Translated by Benjamin Bucknall.With 40 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Cloth split to tail of front joint, and to head of rear joint. Light marks to boards. Burn & Co binders sticker to rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

First Edition of the first volume in what was to become a six volume series by the French architect and theorist. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. The artist John Singer Sargent's copy with his bookplate on the front paste-down. In addition, the volume has the attractive, engraved bookplate of Keith Merrill, one-time American Consul in London, featuring boats, books, dogs, and stately homes. Light foxing throughout; slightly rubbed three-quarter green leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.…

Paris n.d., 260 pp., plates (foxed inside) E109g.