viollet le duc eugene bucknall benjamin trans (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No jacket as issued. First American Edition. Military work written by this famous French Gothic Revival architect. Viollet-le-Duc, who also served as an engineer in the Franco-Prussian War, portrays an idealized military defense of France as exemplified in a fictitious castle. His theories on artillery and fortification influenced French military thought in the world wars, as evidenced in Verdun and Maginot Line. Original green cloth with gilt spine title and pictorial. Embossed gilt image of fortress on front board with black title. Bevelled edges. Red page edges. Lightly edgeworn and rubbed, with heavier wear at head and tail of spine. Brown endpapers with staining to front endpaper. Front hinge started. Binding shaken but secure. Previous owner's name. Color frontispiece map with tissue guard. Contents unmarked with occasional light to moderate foxing. Numerous color and black and white illustrations.

Leather. Etat : Very Good. None stated (illustrateur). First edition. A collection of essays on architecture from the influential French architect Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc, translated into English and bound in quarter crushed morocco, illustrated heavily throughout with many detailed engravings. The first edition of this translated collection of lectures. Translated from the original French by Benjamin Bucknall.Illustrated with nineteen steel engravings, including some in colour, and ninety-three woodcuts to 'Vol I', and eighteen steel engraving and one hundred and seven woodcuts to 'Vol II'. Collated, complete.Includes an invitation to an exhibition of work by Mark Bury.This set features a collection of essays on architecture from Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, covering topics such as the construction of buildings and masonry, domestic architecture, monumental sculptures and more. Eugene Viollet-le-Duc was an influential French architect and author, known for restoring many prominent medieval landmarks in France, particularly those damaged during the French Revolution. Included among his major works are the restorations of Notre-Dame de Paris, the Basilica of Saint-Denis, the medieval walls of the city of Carcassonne. He also planned much of the construction of the Statue of Liberty.A two volume complete set. Re-backed in crushed morocco. Externally smart with minor bumping and wear to the extremities of the boards, slight scattered damp stains to the rear to 'vol II', and minor marks to the boards. Hinges re-enforced. Bookplate from the 'Architectural Association' to the front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages, and spotting to the front and rear, with only the odd spot throughout. Very Good. book.