discourses architecture volume boxed set di viollet le duc eugene emmanuel (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 2 volume boxed set. Box is solid, but lightly worn at corner. Orange paper title label on front. Both volumes are sturdy orange cloth with title in gold on title blocks (black for Vol. 1, gray for Vol. 2). Illustrated with thirty-seven steel engravings and two hundred woodcuts. The first American Edition was published in 1889 by Ticknor and Company, Boston. This reprint was translated from the French by Benjamin Bucknall. Vol. One is 488 pages; Vol. Two 468 pages. Both volumes are in very good condition - unmarked, tight and clean. The set is large and heavy and might require more than standard postage.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 2 volumes, no box included. Ex-library copy with usual markings.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Reprint. No Jacket, As Issued. Volume I. viii, 487 pp, list of plates I-XVIII, translator's preface, the author's preface. I. What is Barbarism? What is Art? etc.; II. The Buildings of Primitive Times; III. Comparison between Greek and Roman Architecture; IV. Roman Architecture; V. Methods to Be Followed in the Study of Architecture; VI. Period of Decline in Ancient Architecture, etc.; VII. The Principles of Western Architecture in the Middle Ages; VIII. Causes of the Decline of Architecture, etc.; IX. On the Principles and Branches of Knowledge with which Architeects Should Be Acquainted; X. Architecture in the 19th Century -- Importance of Method. Volume II. viii, 468 pp, list of plates, XIX-XXXVI, The Construction of Buildings -- Masonary; XII. The Const. of Bldgs. -- Masonary cont. and Simultaneous Employment of Stone, Brick and Iron, etc.; XIII. The Const. of Bldgs. Organization of Building Yards; Present Condition of the Art of Building, etc.; XIV. On the Teaching of Architecture; XV. General Observations on the External and Internal Ornamentation of Buildings; XVI. On Monumental Sculpture; XVII. Domestic Architecture; XVIII. Domestic Architectue cont.; XIX. Domestic Architecture -- Country Houses; XX. The State of Architecture in Euroope, etc; conclusion, index. Illustrated By Thirty-Seven Steel Engravings and Two Hundred Woodcuts. Translated from the French by Benjamin Bucknall. Reprint, 1959. In Near Pristine Slipcase. Lightly bumped top fore-edge corner front board Vol. I and top fore-edge rear panel corner Vol. II., else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Orange cloth with black title plate and gilt lettering to spine. Size: 4to. Book.