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40 : 29,5 cm 140 pages with many illustrations, 97 (off 100) plates. Original hafl cloth and loose plates as issued in half-vellum porfolio with back label. Extensive work on French furniture, handycraft, iron-ware, porcelain etc. up to 1800. With the detailled commentaries. - Plates ocassionally a bit stained, spine damaged.

Mit 107 Abb. auf 100 Tafeln, davon einige getönt u. 110 Abb. im Text. 1 w. Bl., OU., 2 Bl., IV, 140 S., 2 w. Bl., OU. u. 1 w. Bl. Gr. 4°. Halbfranzband mit Buntpapierbezügen, diese tls. mit schwachen Kratzspuren, auf fünf Bünden. Rücken goldgepr. Kopfgoldschnitt, ansonsten unbeschnitten. Mamorierte Vorsätze. Die Tafeln mit kleiner handschriftlicher Nummerierung (Bleistift). Die Montierung des vorderen Umschlags etwas eingerissen. Insgesamt gutes Exemplar. (5800 Gr.) ZAHLUNG BITTE PER BANKÜBERWEISUNG ODER PAYPAL. DANK! PLEASE PAY BY BANK TRANSFER OR PAYPAL. THANK YOU!Erschien anläßlich der Weltausstellung 1900 in Paris.

Folio (15 3/4 x 12"). [4], iv, iv, 140pp (Text), [100] leaves (Plates), as issued. Contemporary 3/4 burgundy morocco over red cloth, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. Top and bottom edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half-title and title page in red and black lettering. Published on the occasion of the 1900 Paris World Fair, and splendidly illustrated throughout with 110 b/w photographic reproductions (in-text) and 100 plates in heliogravure (full-page), Émile Molinier's monumental history of French art from its origins to the year 1800, is an incredible feast for the eyes. Some of the best specimen of French art regarding statues, pieces of furniture, paintings, ceramics, ivories, bronze, tapestry embroideries, armour, Christian objects of worship, clocks, busts, etc. are featured in the plates. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding with slight abrasion to leather. Previous owner's Ex-libris on inside of front cover (Gwendolen & Dorothy Jefferson). Some foxing to fly leaves. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in French. Binding in overall good, interior in good+ to very good, plates in very good condition.