Author: VIOLLET-LE-DUC
Title: Dictionnaire Raisonné du Mobilier Français: de l'époque Carlovingienne à la Renaissance
Description: Paris, Bance (vol 1), Morel (vols 2 to 6) 1858-75 (4), 437pp, (3); (2), vi, 535, (1); (4), 478pp, (2); 506pp, (2); (4), 498pp, (2); (4), 488pp, (2) - each volume with many plates and ills, some in colour 24x17, half bound in calf over textured cloth, glt lettering and decoration, five raised bands on spine, red edges, each volume numbered. Spine and edges a bit worn, some foxing, owner's name in ink on fly and in pencil on title pages, good to very good set, with interesting provenance. Viollet-le-Duc's famous encyclopedia of French furniture and furnishings.The original owner of this set was James Kellaway Colling - his name is in pencil on the title pages - the noted architect, artist and printer. The subsequent owner was Edmund Blair Leighton, well known for his highly stylised romantic and historic genre paintings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries; his signature is in ink in each volume. [Very heavy item, will require additional postage to most destinations]

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