L'Architecture et la Decoration Dans L'Ancienne Egypte : Les Temples Memphites et Thebains, Des Origines a la XVIIIe Dynastie; Les Temples Ptolemaiques et Romains; Les Temples Ramessides et Saites de la XIXe a la XXXe Dynastie [3 Volume set]
Editions Albert Morance, 1920. First Edition. Unknown. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #0489636
Complete set of 3 huge volumes (cloth-backed portfolios) of this landmark work, issued 1920; 1922; 1924. The huge volumes, measuring 20.5 x 14.5 inches, present introductory texts followed by superb large b/w gravure plates from photographs by V. de Mestral-Combremont. HouseD loose as issued in publisher's original red cloth over tan printed boards portfolios, original cloth ties (Art Academy ink stamps; wear to boards; some tears to cloth spines; one spine largely lacking; some stains to cloth; some discolorations to margins; images are uniformly crisp). Gustave Jéquier (1868 -1946) Swiss Egyptologist and pioneering archaeologist in Egypt, Persia, and elsewhere.B/w Photographs By V. de Mestral-Combremont.
Price: $1,500.00