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Plans, Coupes, Elevations des plus belles maisons et des hotels construits a Paris et dans les environs... Grundrisse, Durchschnitte und Aufrisse der schoensten in Paris... Plans, Forms, Elevations of the most remarkable Houses and Hotels in Paris and its environs
by Krafft, J.-C. (Jean-Charles, 1764-1833) & Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: chez Krafft, Ransonnette, Pougens, Fuchs, Volland & Levrault, de l'imprimerie de Clousier, 1802. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Folio, 20 x 13.25 inches, contemporary half dark green leather and fuschia paper-covered boards, good to very good binding, light wear, rubbing, edgewear, contents very good, collated complete with frontispiece and 120 etched copperplates with captions and descriptions every six plates in French, German and English columns, plates very good with hardly any wear, foxing or soil, one plate with small tan stain, bookplate of Irwin Laughlin (1871-1941), a Pittsburgh-born diplomat who was ambassador to Greece and then to Spain in the 1920s and 1930s. Rare volume: a copy with contemporary hand-coloring fetched nearly 11,000 Euros in 2014, and an uncolored copy similar to ours sold at Sotheby's in 1995 for 1840 Pounds including commission. Ransonnette engraved the plates.
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- Title
- Plans, Coupes, Elevations des plus belles maisons et des hotels construits a Paris et dans les environs... Grundrisse, Durchschnitte und Aufrisse der schoensten in Paris... Plans, Forms, Elevations of the most remarkable Houses and Hotels in Paris and its environs
- Author
- Krafft, J.-C. (Jean-Charles, 1764-1833) & Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- chez Krafft, Ransonnette, Pougens, Fuchs, Volland & Levrault, de l'imprimerie de Clousier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1802
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