Title: Peintures Antiques Inedites Precedees de Recherches sur L'Emploi de la Peinture Dans la Decoration des Edifices Sacres et Pubic, Chez les Grecs et Chez les Romains; Paisant Suite aux Monuments Inedits Author: Raoul-Rochette, M. Place: Paris Publisher: Imprimerie Royale Date: 1836 Description: [4], xvi, 470 pp. 15 plates at rear (1 folding), all but one of which is colored, small colored vignette on title page. (4to) 30.5x23 cm (12x9") later morocco-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Scarce treatise on the decorative paintings on the sacred and public buildings of Greece and Rome. Small stamp of the "Bibliotheque du Roi, Palais Royal" on title; bookplate of Christopher Tower. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding rubbed; some foxing; very good. Item number: 243309
Title: Peintures Antiques Inedites Precedees de Recherches sur L'Emploi de la Peinture Dans la Decoration des Edifices Sacres et Pubic, Chez les Grecs et Chez les Romains; Paisant Suite aux Monuments Inedits Author: Raoul-Rochette, M. Place: Paris Publisher: Imprimerie Royale Date: 1836 Description: [4], xvi, 470 pp. 15 plates at rear (1 folding), all but one of which is colored, small colored vignette on title page. (4to) 30.5x23 cm (12x9") later morocco-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Scarce treatise on the decorative paintings on the sacred and public buildings of Greece and Rome. Small stamp of the "Bibliotheque du Roi, Palais Royal" on title; bookplate of Christopher Tower. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding rubbed; some foxing; very good. Item number: 243309
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