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How to Build a House
E. Viollet-Le-Duc
1874
Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle : London
9" by 5.5"
xv, 268, [8]pp
SUMMARY
The first English translated edition of French architect Viollet-le-Duc's architectural novelette.
Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Uncommon
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
The first English translated edition.
In the publisher's original cloth binding.
Complete with a monochrome frontispiece, nine monochrome plates and numerous illustrations throughout. Collated complete.
Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc restored some of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France, including Notre-Dame de Paris, Mont Saint-Michel, Sainte-Chapelle and the medieval walls of Carcassonne.
This 'Architectural Novelette' frames his step-by-step instructions for building a house using conversations between the characters, and was written and illustrated by Viollet-le-Duc in two months.
CONDITION
In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A few marks to the boards. Internally, loosening in places but firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Ink inscription to verso of frontispiece.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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