Le Bois: Premiere Partie, Moyen Age - Renaissance; Deuxieme Partie, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles
Paris: D. A. Longuet, n/d. Folio. Grey board folios with brick bloth spines and cloth ties at three edges. Brick lettering on both front covers. Vol. I contains a 12-page booklet and 60 bw loose plates. Vol. II contains a 16-page booklet and 60 loose plates. Both volumes complete and in VG+ condition but art museum ex-library with plate inside each front cover and numbers on lower spines. No other lib. or internal marks. Covers a bit age-soiled and rubbed. All ties still strong. Item #148507
Decorative wood carvings of all sorts - ecclesiastical, domestic, furniture, picture frames, tables, altar pieces, chairs, wardrobes, plinths, etc. Beautiful. These two volumes were donated to the art museum by Sadie Adler May and her sister, Blanche Adler, American art collectors of Surrealist and early Abstract expressionist art as well as benefactors of three major art museums in the US.
Price: $75.00