Author: Coney, John. Title: Engravings of Ancient Cathedrals, Hotels de Ville, and other Public Buildings of celebrity, in France, Holland, Germany, and Italy.
Description: London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1842. 0. Hardcover. Elephant folio. 64pp. The descriptions are in four languages. [Added title-page in French; preface and list of plates in English and French; text in English, French, Italian and German]. "The illustrative descriptions were never published with this edition."--Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library, 1895. Loose in a custom folder. With 32 double-page engraved plates. Universal Catalogue of Books on Art I, p. 322; Graesse II, 248; Brunet II, 217. Ex-library copy, with library ink stamp on the verso of each plate's upper corner. Blindstamp to plate 25. Title-page with ink stamp repaired. Repaired edges to blank page. Contents page has chipped and torn edges. Repairs to plates 8 & 10. Some dampstains to edges of plates 26 onwards. Most plates beginning to tear along folds, especially plates 1 & 4. Given its size, overseas customers are not recommended to order this book, as it would cost them an excessive amount of money for shipping. Good.
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Price: US$ 500.00 Seller: Sam Gatteņo Books
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