RACINET (Albert Charles Auguste). The Polychrome Ornament. O - Lot 373

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RACINET (Albert Charles Auguste). The Polychrome Ornament. O - Lot 373
RACINET (Albert Charles Auguste). The Polychrome Ornament. One hundred plates in colours, gold and silver, containing about 2,000 motifs of all styles . Historical and practical collection published with explanatory notes and a general introduction - L'ornement polychrome. Second series, one hundred and twenty plates in gold and silver colour, ancient and Asian art, Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Paris, Firmin-Didot, [c.1875]. 2 vol. in-folio, red half-marocco, spine with nerves. IV-60 pp. 100 and 120 chromolithographed plates mounted on tabs, each accompanied by an explanatory note. Superb documentary iconography in fine condition. Rare complete set of his 220 plates (porcelain, tapestries, enamels, silks, jewellery, gilded leathers, binding motifs, manuscript illuminations, stained-glass windows, jewellery, furniture, etc.), the second series being mostly missing. Nice copy, sths little freckles on the text of volume 1. The plates are in excellent condition.
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