[Islamic arts and architecture]. - Lot 155

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[Islamic arts and architecture]. - Lot 155
[Islamic arts and architecture]. PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. La Décoration arabe... Extract from the great work l'Art Arabe by Prisse d'Avennes, selected, classified and arranged by the editors. Paris, Librairie générale de l'architecture, [1885]. Large in-4, false title, title, 4 pp. 109 chromolithographed plates (of 110, without pl.15), leaves in later moiré red percaline folder (flaws to spine of folder, small marginal tears to qq. plates, some plates slightly oxidized). Beautiful suite of 109 chromolithographed plates, most of them in color and gilding, dedicated to the Arab arts and taken from Prisse d'Avennes' major work published in 1877. The plates illustrate a remarkable variety of decors, motifs and decorative objects: wall decorations, ceilings, mosaics, paving, woodwork, stained glass, fabrics, carpets, bindings, earthenware and various ornaments. Provenance: Louis Ausseil bookplate.
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