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Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts
Among the Nations of Antiquity.
A Series of Illustrations Arranged Chronologically, and Forming an Atlas, to be Used in Connection with Any Work on the History of Art.
Edited by S. R. Koehler
Boston: L. Prang and Co.; 1879
Rare compendium of 5 volumes of illustrated plates depicting architectural and sculptural details primarily from "nations of antiquity", though the last volume focuses on paintings:
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Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts of the Nations of Antiquity (plates 1-39)
- Architecture and Sculpture, Early Christian, Roman and Gothic Periods; Architecture and Ornamentation of the Mohammedan Nations (plates 40-96)
- Architecture and Sculpture, Renaissance and Modern Times (plates 97-144)
- Industrial Arts, Middle Ages to Modern Times (plates 145-186)
- History of Painting, Egyptians to Close of the 18th Century (plates 187-246).
Original 1/2 Moroccan leather over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Gilt-stamped spine titles. 246 finely illustrated plates. Heavy book ~14 lbs. 17" x 12".
Rare to find all 5 volumes together!
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