[Orientalism]. PRISSE D’AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. - Lot 221

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[Orientalism]. PRISSE D’AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. - Lot 221
[Orientalism]. PRISSE D’AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. Arabic Decoration. Excerpt from the major work *L’Art Arabe* by Prisse d’Avennes, selected, classified, and arranged by the publishers. Paris, Librairie générale de l’architecture, (1885). Large quarto, half-title page, title page, 4 pp., 109 chromolithographed plates (out of 110, excluding plate 15), loose sheets in a red moiré percaline slipcase added later (defects on the spine of the slipcase, small marginal tears on a few plates, some plates slightly oxidized). A beautiful set of 109 chromolithographic plates, most in color and with gold accents, dedicated to the Arab arts and taken from Prisse d’Avennes’s major work published in 1877. The plates illustrate a remarkable variety of decorative elements, motifs, and decorative objects: wall decorations, ceilings, mosaics, floor tiles, woodwork, stained glass, fabrics, carpets, bookbindings, earthenware, and various ornaments. A fine copy. Provenance: Louis Ausseil’s bookplate.
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