L'Architecture Du Ve Au XVIIe Siècle Et Les Arts Qui En Dépendent La Sculpture, La Peinture Mural, La Peinture Sur Verre, La Mosaique, La Ferronnerie, Etc. Publiés D'Après Les Travaux Inédits Des Principaux Architectes Français Et Étrangers Par Jules Gailhabaud - Tome Premier (- Quatrième)
Paris: A. Morel, Libraire-Éditeur, Rue Bonaparte, 13., 1869 (-1872)
Physical Description
4 vols.; 434 mm.
General Note
Vol. I: [4], 56 p., 81 [i.e. 74] pl. Seven plates (not all dble.) carry two plate-numbers, viz. pl. 2/3, 4/5, 7/8, 65/66, 69/70, 71/72, 77/78. - Vol. II: [4], 120 p., 117 [i.e. 75] pl. Some pl. (not all dble.) carry two or more plate-numbers, viz. pl. 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 29/30, 31/32, 45/46, 47/48, 49/50, 51/52, 55/56, 57/58, 59-62, 63-66, 67/68, 69/70, 71/72, 73/74, 75/76, 77/78, 79/80, 81/82, 83-86, 87/88, 89/90, 91-94, 95-98, 101/102, 106-109, 112/113. Plates 104, 105 have been bound in after plate 106-9. - Vol. III: [4], 74 p., 98 [i.e. 71] pl. Some pl. (not all dble.) carry two or more plate-numbers, viz. pl. 21/22, 23-26, 29/30, 33-36, 37-40, 71/72, 73/74, 75-78, 79/80, 81/82, 83-86, 89/90, 91-94, 95/96, 97/98. Pages [73-]74 have been misbound between pages 2 and 3. - Vol. IV: [4], 168 p., 105 [i.e. 85] pl. Some pl. (not all dble.) carry two numbers, viz. pl. 7/8, 9/10, 11-14, 15/16, 17/18, 23-26, 32/33, 34/35, 42/43, 47/48, 50/51, 54/55, 73/74, 80/81, 84/85, 86/87. Page 168 is misnumbered as 166.
Contents
Vol. I: [Half-t., t.p.] - [Text] - Divisions De L'Ouvrage. Premier (-Quatrième) Volume - Table Des Notices Et Des Planches Du Premier Volume - [Plates]. - Vol. II: [Half-t., t.p.] - [Text] - Table Des Notices Et Des Planches Du Deuxième Volume - [Plates]. - Vol. III: [Half-t., t.p.] - [Text] - Table Des Notices Des Planches Du Troisième Volume - [Plates]. - Vol. IV: [Half-t., t.p.] - [Text] - Table Des Notices Et Des Planches Du Quatrième Volume - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
The plates are signed as drawn by E. Leblan(c), Felix Roguet, J. Huguenet, Adolphe Berty, Raphaël Mitjana, A. Reimbeau, Eugène Laval, Hoffman(n), Emile Ollivier, Adam, Auguste Guillaumot, Leon Gaucherel, G. Toudouze, Klotz, Edmond Bailly, Jules Bouchet, E. Prisse d'Avennes, A. Durand, Th. Vacquer, P. Manguin, Adams, Blackburne, Alfred Darcel, G. Franco, E. Prisse, Henry Legrand, V. Boullé, Chaudet, Eberson, Clarck Richardson Turner, F. Enriquez, P. Nanin, Emile Petit, L. Weber, J.H. King, T.H. King, Gailhabaud, Daniel Ramée, Heinrich Stolh, and as engraved by J. Sulpis, A. Ribault, J. Huguenet, Auguste Guillaumot, J. Bury, Emile Ollivier, Kellerhoven, Felix Penel, F. Giniez, Ch. Oury, Sellier, Durond, R. Pfnor, Sauvageot, H. Durau, Moulin, Dormier, Ricard, Gimiez, Nugent. Some pl. in Vol. II are signed as 'd'après les épreuves photographiques'.
Almost every one carries the imprints of the publisher, A. Morel, and the printer, Imprimerie Lemercier et Cie.
The printer of the text is named on the half-title versos: 'Paris. - Imprimerie De E. Martinet Rue Mignon, 2.'
Summary Note
Publication-dates are given on the four title-pages as 1869, 1870, 1870, 1872. The imprint of the fourth volume replaces the name 'A. Morel' with that of 'Vve A. Morel Et Cie.'
The four volumes show: 1. religious architecture; 2. drawings, paintings, carvings, polychrome decoration; 3. civil architecture; 4. furniture and utensils.
In Volume I one plate, in Volumes II-IV many plates, are printed in color.
Copy Note
Imperfect: lacks pl. 59 of Volume IV.
Binding Note
19th-century quarter red morocco, marbled-papered boards; spines lettered 'Gailhabaud - L'Architecture Du V. Au XVII. Siècle Tome 1(-4)' and 'R.A.'
Subject
Architecture - Architecture details - Paintings - Mural painting and decoration - Sculpture - Stained glass (visual works) - Metal-work - Church decoration and ornament - Churches - Public buildings - Europe - Middle East - History - Romanesque - Gothic - Renaissance
Art history - Views - Plans - Elevations - Sections - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - Colour printing - Lithographs - Chromolithographs - France - 19th century