Archives de la commission des monuments historiques publiées par ordre de Son Excellence M. Achille Fould, Ministre d'Etat. Volume 1 [- Vol. 2, - Vol. 3, - Vol. 4].
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800 / 1200
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700 €
Description
Remarkable collection of architectural & topographical plates of important French historical monuments, commissionned by Achille Fould (1800-1867), a French financier and politician. As minister of state and of the imperial household, he directed the Paris exhibition of 1855. Engr. ills. on chine collée, made after designs of E. Viollet-le-Duc, E. Boeswillwald, P. Abadie, E. Millet etc. by A. Soudain, F. Penel, C. Sauvageot, etc. All depicted monuments are fully described. Vol. 1 : "Architecture antique & Moyen Age: Architecture religieuse", with 64 full-page (incl. 5 col. by Regamey) and 8 double-page pls, depicting i.a. the churches of N.D. de Beaune, Eu, N.D. de Laon, Loupiac de Cadillac, Neuvy-Saint-Sépulcre, etc. Vol. 2 : "Moyen Age : Architecture religieuse", with 71 full-page (incl. 1 col.) and 1 double-page pl. of i.a. Abbaye de Thoronet, Eglise de Saint-Saturnin à Toulouse, Eglise de la Madeleine à Vézelay, etc. Vol. 3 : "Moyen Age : architecture militaire", with 38 full-page and 4 double-page pls of Carcassonne (i.a. 2 maps) and Avignon. Vol. 4 : "Renaissance. Architecture civile", with 40 full-page (incl. 1 col.) and 10 double-page pls, of i.a. Château de Blois, ville d'Orléans (i.a. 1 map), etc.
