specimens mediaeval architecture chiefly selected von nesfield eden (2 Ergebnisse)

(14) p. + 100 plates, Bound in half brown leather with gilt title spine with raised bands (Exteriors of the binding rubbed and scuffed on the leather parts, library label of the Brookline Public Library on the front paste-down and their punch stamp on the titlepage, most of the plates have a small red stamp with the initials of the same library. Interiors in good condition.).

folio. [ff. 6]. wood-engraved title, 1 chromolithograph, & 99 lithographed plates. contemporary half morocco, rebacked with spine mounted (some light to moderate foxing throughout). ownership entry of R.Clarke, Architect, dated 1862. First Edition. This book was published following a tour of France and Italy undertaken by Nesfield in the 1850's. The plates include a large number of careful drawings of some of the finest French Cathedrals: Chartres, Amiens, Laon, Coutances, Bayeux, &c.