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Frenkley, Alexandre . PIERRES DE GLOIRES DE FRANCE
NY 1944 International University. In French. Hardcover 4to., 140pp., suite d'images des grands monuments d'architecture de la france, texte et photographies, avec une lettre de Jacques Maritain, blue cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a20257)
$24.00(laloux). HOMMAGE A LALOUX - contained in one issue of Pencil Points October 1937
Stamford 1937. In Pencil Points, October 1937, Volume XVIII, No. 10, at pp. 621-630, photos. 4to., wraps. Near VG, rear cover lightly stained, front cover a has a few wear marks. (a22729a)
$45.00 Desgodets, M. . LES LOIX DES BATIMENS SUIVANT LA COUTUME DE PARIS
Paris 1787 nouvelle edition Chez les LIbraires Associes. Ensignees par M. Desgodets architecte du Roi, dans l'Ecole de l'Academie d'Architecture. 8vo., 700pp., no illustrations (as issued), full leather. Good, cover very worn and chipped. (a28837)
$185.00 Bignami-Odier, Jeanne . LE CASIN FARNESE DU MONT JANICULE (PORTE SAN PANCRAZIO) MAINTENANT VILLA AURELIA
Paris 1979. Offprint from Melanges de L'Ecole Francaise de Rome, Tome 91, 1979. 8vo., pp.507-538, plates, wraps. In French. VG. (a33091)
$30.00 Frenkley, Alexander . STONES OF GLORY, STONES OF FRANCE
NY 1944 International University Press. A pictorial sequence of French Architectural Monuments. With a letter by Jacques Maritain. Hardcover. Large octavo, 140pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Good, minor shelf wear, no DJ. (a4297)
$20.00 Enlart, C. . ARCHITECTURE RELIGIEUSE
Paris 1919 1st Picard. I. Periodes Merovingienne Carolingienne et Romane. In French. Octavo, 458pp., photo illustrations and and drawings, original wraps bound in blue cloth. VG. (a4325)
$50.00 Grier, William M. Jr. . GRIER OF SAN FRANCISCO
Denver 1989 1st Grier. Builder in the West and his family 1878-1988. 8vo., 320pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a4350)
$20.00 Letrosne, Charles . MURS ET TOITS POUR LES PAYS DE CHEZ NOUS
Paris 1923-1926. In French. Designs for buildings. 3 volumes, complete. Oblong folio, many illustrations, loose in string tied boards. Each volume has 30 mounted color plates of artistic and realistic renderings and 60 black and orange drawings, plus floor plans and other architectural information. Volume I-- Town Halls, Schools and Police Stations; Volume II-- Courthouses, Rail Road Stations, other Public Buildings; Volume III-- Hotels, Farms, Rural Homes, Trades and Artisan's workshops. Each volume has Index. Internally VG to Fine, clean and bright and very attractive. Covers are Near Good with spine labels chipped and boards worn on edges and corners. Set of 3 volumes: (a44023)
$1200.00 Newhall, Louis C. . THE MINOR CHATEAUX AND MANOR HOUSES OF FRANCE XV AND XVI CENTURIES
NY 1914 Architectural Book Publishing Company. Hardcover. 4to., 60pp. (mostly full page plates), printed boards with cloth spine. Bookplate of noted estate architect Aymar Embury II. Were it recased with new endpapers, this book would be Good. But in the interest of preserving the bookplate, the condition is Fair, boards soiled and worn at edges, spine soiled, spine label a bit chipped and stained, and hinges cracked. (a48083)
$45.00 Barry, John D. . THE CITY OF DOMES: A WALK WITH AN ARCHITECT ABOUT THE COURTS AND PALACES OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION WITH A DISCUSSION OF ITS ARCHITECTURE, ITS SCULPTURE, ITS MURAL DECORATIONS, ITS COLORING, AND ITS LIGHTING, PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF ITS GROWTH.
San Francisco 1915. 12mo., 142pp., photo illustrations, 1/2 cloth and stamped boards. VG. (a50448)
$35.00 Loukomski, G. K. . JULES ROMAIN SA VIE, SON OEUVRE
Paris 1932 Auguste Vincent. In French, Sq. 8vo., 117pp. plus 103 photo plates of French architecture, original printed wraps. Good, new paper spine, light soiling. (a52084)
$80.00 Rolland, H. . GLANUM - LES ANTIQUES ET LES FOUILLES DE SAINT-REMY DE PROVENCE
Saint-Remy de Provence 1949 Editions du Musee. 4to., 12pp. of text in French plus 56 pages of monochrome photo illustrations, foldout map, original printed wraps. VG, light wear. (a56132)
$35.00 Chavigny, Jean . LE CHATEAU DE MENARS UN DES JOYAUX DU VAL DE LOIRE
1954 LIbrairie des Champs-Elysees. Limited to 500 copies. 4to., 108pp., genealogical charts. photo illtrations, wraps. Good, cover worn, browned with a few small closed taped tears. (a58415)
$28.00 (engineering) . LE GENIE CIVIL VOLUME XVI PLANCHES
Paris (?) c. 1890. Hardcover.In French. Folio, 42 doublepage plates, 1/2 red leather with marbled boards. Some drawings and many detailed plates on architecture, machinery, bridges, ports, railroad and other engineering projects. Cover VG with some light wear; plates Fine and near Fine. No ownership marks. Binding secure. (a66346)
$390.00 (engineering) . LE GENIE CIVIL VOLUME XIII PLANCHES
Paris (?) c. 1890. Hardcover. In French. Folio, 28 doublepage plates, 1/2 red leather with marbled boards. Drawings and detailed plates of architecture, machinery, bridges, ports, railroads and other engineering projects. Cover VG, Plates Fine and Near Fine. Binding secure, no ownership marks. (a66347)
$350.00 (engineering) . LE GENIE CIVIL VOLUME XIV PLANCHES
Paris (?) c. 1890. Hardcover. In French. Folio, 30 doublepage plates, 1/2 red leather with marbled boards. Drawings and detailed plates on architecture, machinery, bridges, ports, railroads and other engineering projects. Cover VG. Plates Fine and Near Fine. Binding secure and no ownership marks. (a66348)
$370.00 (engineering) . LE GENIE CIVIL VOLUME XV PLANCHES
Paris (?) c. 1890. Hardcover. In French. Folio, 37 doublepage plates, 1/2 red leather with marbled boards. A few drawings, remainder detailed plates of architecture, machinery, engines, bridges, ports, railroad and other engineering projects. Cover VG with light wear. Binding secure, no ownership marks. (a66369)
$370.00 Laugier, R. de a Compagnie de Jesus . ESSAI SUR L'ARCHITECTURE. NOUVELLE EDITION
Paris 1755 Duchesne. Revue, corrigee & Augmentee; avec un Dictionnaire des Termes et des planches qui en facilitent l'explication. In French, Octavo, xliv, 316pp., (4), 8 foldout plates, red and black title page, full leather with later paper spine. Lacks celebrated frontis illustration by Eisen. Good, initial 17 and final 30 pages and all plates have light water stain on lower third, boards worn, front inner hinge cracked. (a66518)
$300.00 Goddob, Hedwig . L'ABBAYE DE SAINT-DENIS ET LES PROBLEMES DE L'ARCHITECTURE DE LA FIN DE L'ANTIQUITE JUSQU'A L'EPOQUE CAROLINGIENNE
1964. Article at pp.139-46, illustrations in Palladio Revisita di Storia dell'Architecttura, Fac. IV. Included in a complete issue with several articles. 4to., original printed wraps. Fine. (a70588a)
$35.00 Berghoef . LES ORIGINES DELA PLACE DURCALE DE VIGEVANO
1964. Article at pp.165-178, illustrations in Palladio Revisita di Storia dell'Architecttura, Fasc. IV. Included in a complete issue with several articles. 4to., original printed wraps. Fine. (a70588b)
$35.00 Godard, M. l'Abbe . COURS D'ARCHEOLOGIE SACREE A L'USAGE DES SEMINAIRES ET DE MM. LES CURES - SECONDE PARTIE
Paris 1854 1st Poussielgue-Rusand. Contents of this volume: Arts Accessoires de l'Architecture, Monuments Accessoires des Eglises, Instruments de Musique, Iconographie, Chant Liturgique. In French. Hardcover. Large octavo, 584pp., 10 plates, attractive color endpapers, gilt decorated pebbled half leather and maroon cloth. Owner signed with small decorative initials bookplate. A very few underlinings in text. Second Part, complete in itself. VG . (a71074)
$150.00 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins . FRENCH CATHEDRALS
New York 1909 1st. Hardcover. 4to., 424pp., 83 illustrations by Joseph Pennell, blue cloth. Near VG, light wear. (a80431)
$24.00 Niox, General . THE HOTEL DES INVALIDES
Paris no date (appears to be 1909) Delagrave. Translated from French to English by Tonyge. History of this building and details of its architecture and artworks. Hardcover. 12mo., 168p., 45 illustrations, red cloth with gilt lettering. Good, inner hinges cracked, light fraying of spine ends and corners. (a84319)
$25.00Petit de Julleville, L.. RECHERCHES SUR L'EMPLACEMENT ET LE VOCABLE DES EGLISES CHRETIENNES EN GRECE
Paris. 1869 first edition. Archives des Missions Scientifiques et Litteraries, deuxieme serie, tome V. Original printed grey octavo wraps. Petit de Julleville article on pp. 469-532. Several other articles in issue as well (entire volume paginated pp. 469-617.) Good , some light foxing in text ; some cover wear; no ownership marks; text largely unopened. (a89789a)
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