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Sixteen Architectural Drawings from French Towns, 1884-1887.

(FRENCH ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHES)  Sixteen Architectural Drawings from French Towns, 1884-1887.

  

Blois, Dijon, and Vitre: August, 1884 to September 1887. Oblong 8vo. Brown wrappers. 16 plates.

  

An artists sketch book of sixteen detailed views of French mediaeval and Renaissance houses, churches, and towns featuring major architectural details -- chimneys, buttresses, windows, etc.  All pencil sketches many highlighted in pastels -- presumably done by an architect.  The towns identified are Blois, Dijon and Vitre and are dated between August 1884 to September 24, 1887.  Some plates loose, many with tissue covers.

 

$875.00