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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part II

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Arti decorative - Racinet, Auguste

L'ornement polychrome: cent planches en couleurs or et argent containing environ 2000 motifs de tous les styles: art ancien et asiatique, Moyen age, Renaissance, 17. et 18. siecle, 1869

Estimate

€ 150 - 200

Sold

€ 410

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Paris, Firmin Didot, [c.ca 1869-1872]. In 2nd. Frontispiece in red and black ink with elegant engraved frieze, with 100 sheets of chromolithographic plates, light scattered blooms, some slight halo and small spots, small tear with a gap in the white margin of the text paper accompanying the plate. XVC, contemporary binding in Moroccan middle with & nbsp; corners with title imprinted in gold on the spine with 5 nerves. § Together in the lot of the same author & nbsp; L'ornement polychrome. Deuxième seire: cent vingt planches en couleur or et argent: art ancien et asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance, 17, 18. et 19. siècles: recueil historique et pratique avec des notices explicatives & nbsp; Paris, Firmin-Didot , [1885-1887]. In 2nd. With 120 chromolithographic tables, first 4 and last 3 cards detached from the body of the text, some slight halo, reinforcement on the spine, contemporary binding in Moroccan half with corners with title imprinted in gold on the back with 5 nerves and golden upper cut detached from the body text, slight defects. Paper patch on the title page "Bestetti & amp; Tumminelli Art Publishing House Milan"

Specialist Notes

First work: published in 10 issues published every two months & nbsp; each containing 10 chromolithographic tables of ornamental motifs from around the world, from antiquity to the century XIX. & Nbsp; & nbsp;
Lot not subject to return

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