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Viollet le duc Notre dame

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EUGÈNE EMMANUEL VIOLLET-LE-DUC et Maurice OURADOU
Peintures murales des Chapelles de Notre-Dame de Paris, exécutées sur les cartons de E.Viollet-le-Duc.

Paris, A.Morel, 1870, in-f°, contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt;  25 + (1) pp + 62 chromolitho-plates (numbered i - lx, a, b,) on stubs. The plates give the decorative details of the new polychromatic decoration of the 29 chapels of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame which was being restored by Viollet-le-Duc. M. Ouradou was, as Inspector of the Works, responsible for the drawings. The beautiful chromoplates were printed by Lemercier & Cie.

Marginal foxing throughout, some local wear to binding , a very good copy.

£750