Lot no. 196
VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugène. - History of a town hall and a cathedral. Text and drawings by Viollet le Duc, Paris, J. Hetzel et cie, no date [1878], large in-8 with 1 coloured frontispiece, (2) ff, 284 pp, illustrated plates; burgundy half-basin, smooth spine decorated (contemporary binding).
First edition with a coloured frontispiece and plates and illustrations outside and inside the text.
The author presents life around the construction of a cathedral and a town hall in an imaginary town "Clusiacum", which became "Clusy".
Occasional heavy brown spotting, G.T. bookplate stamp to title and plate no. 19.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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