Author: HAVARD Henri :
Title: Dictionnaire de l'ameublement et de la décoration depuis le XIIIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours.
Description: .: Paris, Maison Quantin, 1890, 4 vols, large in-8°, 31 x 22 cm, ca. 2200 pp text, with 256 pl. h.t. (61 chromolithographs), more than 2500 b/w in-text illustrations, bound in 4 uniform contemporary half leather bindings, very nice set. Chamberlin 1617, Lucas p.105, Arntzen & Rainwater P17; ''A monumental work of scholarschip in the French encyclopedic tradition. Still valuable for reserch, particularly in the history of French decorative arts. Encompasses all of the decorative arts. Based on scientific examination of records, inventories, archives, etc...''. .

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