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Rational Building: Being a Translation of the Article "Construction" in the Dictionnaire Raisonne de l'Architecture Francaise
M Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc; George Martin Huss [trans]
1895
Macmillan and Co. : New York
8.5" by 6"
xii, 367, [1], 4pp.
SUMMARY
The scarce first English translation of Eugene Viollet-le-Duc's architectural survey.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first English translation by George Martin Huss. No half title. Lavishly illustrated in text. Four leaves of advertisements to rear.
An article from "Construction" in the 'Dictionnaire Raisonne de l'Architecture Francaise', containing a complete general survey of the history of architecture, with chapter dealing with its development from Greek and Roman times to developments in the thirteenth century as well as civil and military construction.
Eugene Viollet-le-Duc was a French architect and author known for his restoration of some of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France, including the Notre-Dame de Paris, the Basilica of Saint Denis, Mont Saint-Michel, Sainte-Chapelle, the medieval walls of the city of Carcassonne, and Roquetaillade castle in the Bordeaux region.
From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the ‘Journal of Architecture’.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's full cloth binding, new endpapers. Externally smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Malcolm Higgs ex libris stamp to front pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to title page 'architectural school'. First few leaves lightly cockled due to possible damp. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good
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