[MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE]. - Lot 95

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[MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE]. - Lot 95
[MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE]. - BEGULE (Lucien). The Abbey of Fontenay and Cistercian Architecture. Preface by Edouard Aynard. Lyon, Rey, 1912, in-4, 3 folios–Vpp.–132 pp.–1 folio–20 plates. Bound in havana half-maroquin, corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, trimmed, cover and spine preserved. (Louis Guétant).—Author’s autographed copy (recipient’s name scratched out). A very pristine copy, in a sober, masterfully crafted binding. Rare first edition, dedicated to Rose-Pauline Aynard, née de Montgolfier. The edition published a few years later by Laurens in his collection *Petites monographies des grands édifices* is more commonly found... Carefully printed on coated paper. The illustrations consist of 20 superb hors-texte photographs, heliogravured from the author’s negatives—some mounted on heavy paper—and numerous in-text photographs. Color coat of arms on the title page. - BEGULE (Lucien). The Cathedral of Sens. Its Architecture. Its Decoration. Preface by Marcel Aubert. Lyon, Rey, 1929, in-4, IX-102 pp.—1 fol.—26 plates. Bound in tortoiseshell-patterned half-basane, with corners, broken false ribs, and gilded rocaille; cover preserved. (Contemporary binding). - Spine faded. 26 heliogravure plates, inserted as inserts, some in color; numerous photographs and reproductions in the text. Printed in an edition of 500 copies. - FOSSARD (Albert). The Priory of Saint-Leu d’Esserent. (Benedictine Abbey of Cluny). Paris, Imprimerie du Réveil, 1934, in-4, VIII-112pp.-2ff.- 39 phototype plates and 50 vignettes, in black. Contemporary half-brown sheepskin binding with corner pieces, smooth spine, coat of arms at the top, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. - A pleasant copy.
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