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Art Industriel L'Ornement Des Tissues Recueil Historique Et Pratique, Librairie Generale De L'Architecture Et Des Travaux Publics; **IN FRENCH FABRIC ORNAMENT of the Art Industrial Series history and practice; **Please Note 12X16 INCHES Large book, will require additional postage** FABRIC ORNAMENT of the Art Industrial Series history and practice by M. Dupont-AUBERVILLE with explanatory notes and an introduction General oouvrage published under the direction of Mr. Bachelin Deflorenne-door Grand piano in-folio Elephant Folio - 100 chromolithographic plates, each with separate text explanation page. Plates are 16 by 12 inches (42 cm x 30 cm) Binding half canvas caramel, caramel percaline coverage, the first dish decorated with a gold composition, from a sketch by Hans Holbein (1514), in Ducher & Cie, Paris, 1877 the Work consists of ten deliveries, each containing ten plates and appearing two months in two months - each delivery is accompanied by explanatory text indicating briefly the sources where the grounds are drawn and reproduced the time or the style to which they belong. One delivery to include boards from different periods, these boards and the text associated with it bear no pagination or serial numbers; a special sign placed at the bottom of each plate and repeated on the page of text there matches, will close at the end of the publication, the subjects of the same age and rank all the historical. the 100 boards are color lithographs, drawn and engraved by Kreutzberg Regamey. Leather spine & corners, general wear, worn extremities, bumped corners, a few threads fraying, some ex-library markings, two bookplates on inner front board, looks like the front endpaper was repaired however, detached but present. Somewhat age-toned pages, front endpaper edges chipped, pre-title page has s 1" hole in in, light foxing, first few pages detached but present, one page has a large portion of the corner taped Oversized book, additional postage may be required. DATE PUBLISHED: 1877 EDITION: Seller Inventory # 000272
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