Muebles et objets divers au Moyen Age et de la renaissance issues d'apres nature et lithographies par Asselineau

Paris: Veith & Hauser, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Near fine. Folio, 43 x 29 cm. Engraved title and 114 engraved plates, each with small publisher's blind stamp in lower margin, a few plates with light spotting, balance exceptionally bright and clean. Provenance: Furstliche Furstenbergische Hofbibliothek at Donaueschingen with inkstamp on lower corner of title and verso of final leaf. Asselineau's collection of illustrations of furniture and objects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The work includes examples of domestic furniture, arms and armor, and metalwork from private and royal collections as (truncated) well as the stock of several Parisian dealers; each illustration features the object's provenance. (Inventory #: 20647)