Hardcover
1891 · Paris, France
by d'Allemagne, Henry-Rene
Paris, France: Alphonse Picard, 1891. Hardcover. VG+, original; wraps bound into sturdy clean gree buckram. NOT exlibrary.. Green cloth buckram binding; 702 pp.; 80 duotone plates; 500 bw figures, chromolithographed front and rear covers. Text in French; An extensive look at the history of lighting, from Roman times through the nineteenth century; Wonderfully illustrated, this is one of the copiues printed on vellum. Heavy and a very, very nice copy. Covers are printed in the style of Illuminated manusripts by S. Krakow.
(Inventory #: 153807)