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Near Fine. 4to 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.
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Very good. Translated from the French by Benjamin Bucknall. 2 volumes. Illustrated with 37 plates, and 200 in-text woodcuts. Short thick 4tos, red cloth with black labels, board slipcase. New York: Grove Press, 1959. Spines a bit faded and with very light foxing on top edges, otherwise a very good(+) clean copy. Reprint of the 1889 American edition.