ernest hebrard (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st English Limited Edition. Limited: # 84 of 250 copies printed on vellum paper. The book is in two parts. The first deals with the history of the city and monumental architecture, and seeks inspiration in classical and contemporary notions of city planning - Paris and Washington DC feature prominently. The second part details Andersen's imaginary urban landscape, complete with works of art, for the 'World City'. Olympic stadia, galleries for the arts and sciences, as well as government buildings. Lavishly illustrated in heliogravure with plans, designs, architectural renderings and engravings throughout text and 24 plates including 2 quadruple, 1 triple, 12 double and 9 single. ; Heavy folio (18.5") bound in half leather. Spine has 4 bands with bright gilt decoration and lettering. Top edge gilt. Text tight, clean & intact without foxing. (8pp prelims, xv, 128, 102). Limited: # 84 of 250 copies printed on thickvellum paper. Tissue protected illustrations mostly in heliogravure with plans, designs, architectural renderings and engravings throughout text and 24 plates including 2 quadruple, 1 triple, 12 double and 9 single. The book is in two parts. The first deals with the history of the city and monumental architecture, and seeks inspiration in classical and contemporary notions of city planning - Paris and Washington DC feature prominently. The second part details Andersen's imaginary urban landscape, complete with works of art, for the 'World City'. Olympic stadia, galleries for the arts and sciences, as well as government buildings. The years before the First World War saw several proposals to establish a "World Capital" in one of Europe's smaller nations. Architecture ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 230 pages.

First Edition. 47 x 34cm. Large folio hardcover in original gilt-decorated green cloth, xv + 102pp. Lavishly illustrated with fold-out engravings and photo-lithographs. An unusually ambitious visionary proposal for a vast imaginary centralised zone for world communication and world peace, containing a grand harbour with sculptures, an Olympic Centre of Physical Culture, a Music Conservatory, a School of Fine Arts and Museum of Casts, a Fountain of Life, etc. The architectural aspect was overseen by urban planner Ernest Hebrard. The project was to be located somewhere on a western Atlantic coast. The author sets out the philosophy thus: "from the beginning of time centralisation began, and it is legitimate to believe that to the end of time it will continue. Despite prejudice and war, suffering and bloodshed, an irresistible force ever draws men to a deeper understanding of a common aim. An invisible guiding hand unites all peoples by fraternal bonds of a grander sympathy. The memory of the lives that in the past courageously and faithfully gave their energy to the divine mission of unification, stimulates the desire of men to move in unison." Sporadic areas of quite heavy foxing, some offsetting between illustrations, otherwise tight and bright, and externally very well preserved.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Large hardcover with green cloth boards, gilt border, printing and decoration to cover, gilt printing to spine. Illustrated throughout with plans, designs, architectural renderings, and engravings. Several large folding plates. The book is in two parts. The first deals with the history of the city and monumental architecture, and seeks inspiration in classical and contemporary notions of city planning - Paris and Washington DC feature prominently. The second part details Andersen's imaginary urban landscape, complete with works of art, for the 'World City'. Olympic stadia, galleries for the arts and sciences, as well as government buildings are all outlined, and placed upon a defined grid plan with an emphasis on a grand central avenue acting as the axis of the city. A very fine copy on thick rough-cut paper with tissue guards on all illustrations. Foxing to most pages and boards are bumped at corners and edges are lightly rubbed. A few minor marks to boards. This copy has been well looked after, the pages are all crisp and free of any markings (besides foxing), fold-outs are all excellent and the spine is sound. AD. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Large folio pp viii, 234. Printed by the master printer Philippe Renouard. An important association copy with warm presentation inscription signed by the Mayor of Split to an outstanding British historian and political activist shortly before the First World War). Handsome , large heavy book. Bound in half brown leather, attractive marbled paper with gilt ruling to boards; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine brightly lettered in gilt and with 5 raised bands. A sumptuously produced and profusely illustrated monograph on the palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian at Split in Croatia. With the 17 plates as called for, including 9 double, triple and quadruple folding plates, one of which is coloured. With warm presentation inscription on half title, dated 31 March 1913, signed by Vinko Katalinic (1857-1917), the Mayor of Split, to Dr R. W. Seton-Watson. Loosely inserted is the contemporary "business card" of Mayor Katalinic, who was a Croatian entrepreneur and politician as well as a strong proponent of Croatian folk music. He was a pan-Slavic enthusiast who actively campaigned for the Balkan nations against their Ottoman imperial rulers. Dr. Robert William Seton-Watson (1879-1951) shared in Mayor Katalinic's fight for the independence of the Balkan nations, and intrigued to bring about the break-up of Austria-Hungary and the emergence of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia during and after the First World War. The warm inscription, in Serbo-Croat, mentions that the book is a gift from the mayor and the "general administration of Split". Internally clean and tight. Extremities a little rubbed in places; bottom 70 mm of front joint cracked but holding; short tear to very small part of margin to pp 201-202, else VG indeed. Weight 5 kgs. Scarce. Internally clean and tight. Extremities a little rubbed in places; bottom 70 mm of front joint cracked but holding; short tear to very small part of margin to pp 201-202, else nearVG+ Weight 5 kgs.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Le palais de Dioclétien. Préface de Ch. Diehl. Paris : Librairie générale de l'architecture et des arts décoratifs 1912. Large folio. 2 p., viii, 232 p out of 234 (one errata leave missing), XVII loose-leaf plates. One coloured. Profusely illustrated throughout. Some tears to the plates. A splendid monograph on the palace of Diocletian in Split, meanwhile an UNESCO World Heritage Monument. Very rare. No copies in the trade. I found in the US one copy in the Metropolitan, one copy at Harvard.