French Architect (24 results)

magazine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Very good condition ; Unbound, neatly trimmed & in mylar with a stiff backing board. Please note: This is NOT A BOOK, but from a vintage journal. This scan may not show the complete page; Photos; 9x12; 10 pp pages.

Pamphlet. Condition: Collectible. Pittsfield, Sun Printing Company, 1897. 23 pages. Halftones of old, new churches. 8 x 5", printed wrapper. 1807 building burned 1895. Wrap splitting, corner chip, bit toned, G.

Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, illustrated with illustrations & photographs. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 24 x 29 cms. Category: The Connoisseur; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Unbound pages. Condition: Very Good. 8 pages, several photographs & illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 23 x 32 cms. Category: Country Life Houses; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. A domestic building reflecting contemporary French taste, blending classical elegance with modern comfort. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; Unframed Prints : Old; PRINTS : Buildings & Places. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8½'' x 6¼''. Pugin is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture. His work culminated in designing the interior of the Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London, and its clock tower, the Elizabeth Tower, which houses the bell known as Big Ben. Contains 58 pp + covers with monochrome and colour illustrations and photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ARCHITECTURE.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8½'' x 6¼''. Pugin is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture. His work culminated in designing the interior of the Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London, and its clock tower, the Elizabeth Tower, which houses the bell known as Big Ben. Contains 58 pp + covers with monochrome and colour illustrations and photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Loosely inserted is a folded 4 pp flyer 'A Brief Walk Round Guide.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ARCHITECTURE.

Engraving, Plate 5 from 'Clostures de Chappelles tant de menuiserie que serrurerie mis de nouveau en lumiere par Jean Le Pautre',` good margins, one wormhole, Engraving from a rare suite of six plates of baroque designs for screens and decorations for churches.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Destailleur, Hippolyte. Catalogue de livres rares et précieux composant la Bibliothèque de M.Hippolyte Destailleur. Paris, Damascène Morgand, 1891. Large 8vo. xv + [1] + 448p including indexes. With a double-page photographic plate of a rich binding of the book on the Golden Fleece in the collection of the Duc de Guise. Head pieces & typographical ornaments. Contemporary half calf, gilt, top edge gilt; rubbed, ends of spine scuffed. Sale catalogue of the famous library of the fashionable architect Hippolyte Destailleur (1822-93), known for his restoration of many great houses in France and England who designed Waddeston Manor. The library comprised a fine collection of fête books (126 lots) and portrait books (179 lots). Prices achieved are neatly marked in ink in margins. Blogie : Répertoire des catalogues de ventes de livres imprimés (1982-2003), II, 199.

8vo. 4 pp. With envelope. To Albert Adès. He had Après le cubisme sent to him, written in collaboration with Ozenfant. "The ideas expressed therein are the result of many life experiences, and we have obliged ourselves to write them with clarity, perhaps even with a certain dryness and a deliberate lack of lyricism that may offend you. However, there are undeniable things to be said at this time, to crystallize around the splendid torch of our era, so many devoted wills that desire serious work but feel too isolated. I know you to be very passionate; I am, at the bottom, sometimes vehement and, under apparent calm, violent. But I do not admit that art should be wanton when in all human activity, discipline and rigor are indispensable, factors of beauty, order, and harmony. From there to putting it in painting? At the very least, some guidance is required. Perhaps you do not agree at all. It would be very agreeable to us if a strong and orderly artist like you judged our work, even if you were to clearly oppose our ideas. I believe controversy is useful on this subject, and I would be very happy to see you develop these ideas in the Grande Revue or elsewhere.".

Condition: Good. 32 x 38.5 cm. (plate). 50 x 56.5 cm. (sheet).Etching with hand coloring on wove paper. Etching by Adolophe Chappuis (1860-1882). Very Good. Some light soiling. Some specks of reverse foxing. Some corners and sides lightly bumped.

8vo. 1½ pp. on bifolium. Beautiful letter to a fellow member of the Académie de Marseille, delegating his voting rights within the Académie to the recipient due to his "great and grave preoccupations" with the completion of the Marseille Cathedral that was now imminent: "Voici le pouvoir que vous me demandez : je ne puis le confier en meilleures mains : certain que vous en ferez usage pour le mieux des intérêts de l'Académie. J'ai eu de grandes et graves préoccupations depuis quelques années : enfin l'horizon s'éclaircit un peu, et peut-être serai-je plus livre : La Cathédrale de Marseille devant bientôt être remise au Clergé. Croyez qu'il me dera très agréable ; si je puis enfin dire 'Deus mihi hæc otia fecit' d'aller reprendre place au milieu de mes confrères par ma présence ou par mes travaux". - Only 13 days after writing the letter, on 30 November 1893, could Henri Antoine Révoil hand over the largely finished cathedral to bishop Joseph Jean Louis Robert. Révoil was the third and final architect of the cathedral that was built between 1852 and 1893. Following the deaths of the first architect Léon Vaudoyer (1803-72) and his student Henri-Jacques Espérandieu (1829-74), Révoil took over the construction site and was also responsible for the design of the ornaments. - Well preserved.

Small-8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium. To the journalist and music critic Charles Vincens, originally accompanying an official authorization to vote in his stead for the reception of Charles Champoiseau to the Académie de Marseille. In the letter, Révoil cites his numerous "construction sites", including restorations of historical buildings, final works on the Marseille Cathedral ("la Major"), and Notre Dame de la Garde, leaving him "not one hour of freedom": "Voici mon pouvoir ; je ne saurai le confier entre meilleures mains. Je suis tout heureux de donner ma voix à Mr Champoiseau, et tout hereuc aussi de cette circonstance qui me permet de vous redire toute ma sympathie. Vous êtes vraiment trop aimable de me renouveler votre gracieuse invitation. Ma vie est si absorbée par mes travaux qu'elle me prive souvent des choses qui me seraient le plus agréable : Mes chantiers des monuments hisotriques, celui de la Major, et de Notre Dame de Garde ne me laissent pas une heure de liberté. Je tâcherai certainement de vous voir à mon prochain voyage à Marseille [.]". - The archaeologist Charles Champoiseau (1830-1909) is best known for the discovery of the Hellenistic Winged Victory of Samothrace in 1863. - On mourning paper.

8vo. and small-8vo. Together 2½ pp. on bifolia. Both to the music critic and journalist Charles Vincens, the document being an authorization to vote in Révoil's stead in an upcoming reception at the Académie de Marseille. In the letter that accompanies the document, Révoil expresses his gratitude to Vincens and consents to have him vote for the composer Théodore Thurner, based on Vincens' recommendation, as he does not know Thurner personally. - The letter on mourning paper.

4to. 1 p. Some folds and wear to the letter. An Paul Dermée regarding his book Urbanisme (G. Grès, 1925): Seriez vous disposé à faire pour Crès une causerie TSF PTT de 20 minutes sur Urbanisme qui va paraitre, honoraires 200 f. Crès m'avait prié de le faire. Mais je désire écrire et parler le moins possible. Le sujet vous serait exposé clairement par le livre qui va sortir cette semaine et que je vous remettrais. Soyez gentil d'accepter cette affaire, j'en serais enchanté []".

4to. 2 pp. Printed letterhead P. Jeanneret". To Baroness Catherine d'Erlanger agreeing to design an aquarium for Venice, expressing interest in designing a residence in Venice that would take into account the history and present of that city's architecture, offering to advise Count [Giuseppe] Volpi concerning [industrial?] housing, expressing excitement about Italy's recent renaissance in city planning and architecture, and promising to send a copy of Architecture d'Aujourd'hui.

2 pages, 8vo, personal stationery, written on the first and terminal pages of a folded sheet; collector's ink stamp below signature ("Autograph Collection of Dr. Max Thorek Chicago"), cataloguing number written in unknown hand at upper left corner of first page. Written in weeks prior the announcement of Eiffel Tower's completion.To press agent Henri Houssaye, in French, apologizing for the delayed reply and accepting his invitation to allow the Haras Agency to publish communications for Eiffel.

4to. 1 page. Attached are 3 pages comprising 3 typed letters in related correspondence addressed to Eiffel. Accusations of plagiarized aircraft designs, addressed to Ernest Lemonon (1878-1956), lawyer at the Court of Appeal in Paris. Eiffel states confidently, "L'avion Junker-Fokker est en effet un plagiat de notre avion L.E. et on m'a dit que cela avait été construit d'après un bleu. qui avait été communiqué." He goes on to direct Lémonon to the relevant pages of his recent book, "Résumé des Principaux Travaux exécuté pendant la guerre au Laboratorie aerodynamique G. Eiffel", which Eiffel feels will prove that his designs were indeed published first, and then copied by his German competitors. - While it is unclear that Eiffel's complaint had any effect, Anthony Fokker of Junker-Fokker did have something of a reputation for acquiring designs through dishonourable tactics, though from his reluctant business partner, Hugo Junkers, rather than Gustave Eiffel. - Gently creased along folds and at corners. Glued to the reverse is the first of three typewritten letters, the other two of which are also pasted together at the top left corner. The additional typed letters are on much thinner paper, which has browned and lightly chipped along the edges.

8vo. 2 leaves, plus two 4to leaves of typed letters to Le Corbusier (carbon copies, 19 April and 16 Sept. 1935). Writing to his "cher ami" Pierre Abraham (1892-1974), a French author and ex-aviation officer who in 1935 was leading the research team compiling the new French encyclopedia. Le Corbusier writes that he has received a previous letter, informs Abraham of a Paris address and travel plans to America ("Partirai le 16 oct. à New York pour 2 mois"), and mentions that he has sent the requested information and "3 photos de l'architecture". Signed thrice on the handwritten pages, with "Le Corbusier" signed twice on the first leaf, and "LC" on the second. - The two typed letters, also from Le Corbusier, are both related to Abraham and the Encyclopedia, in which Le Corbusier evidently had some involvement, especially in acquiring material. - Later name and number added to margins of first leaf in blue crayon; a few faint smudges, gentle creasing. The typewritten leaves are on delicate paper, with some marginal chipping, and are likewise numbered.

Large 8vo. 1 p. on bifolium. To an unnamed recipient : "En revenant dernièrement à Paris, je trouve la longue et aimable lettre que vous avez bien voulu m'écrire et que mon inspecteur ne m'avait pas envoyée []. Il aura néanmoins répondu que le dossier [?] que vous deviez faire et vous a dit que ceci dépendait absolument de Mr Halaye. Mais je tiens néanmoins à vous remercier bien tendrement [] des bonnes paroles que vous en dîtes [.] et des bonnes idées artistiques que vous exprimez si bien". - On stationery with printed letterhead "Ministère des Travaux publiques, Agence des Travaux du Nouvel Opéra | Bureau de l'Architecte".

Pas de couverture. Condition: Très bon. Rare - Autograph card signed. + Photo 11.5x15 cm (recent print). " My little child, for 30 years, my signature has been a "dot" at the foot of the Cross. " Size : 8x13 cm. Condition : please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

ORIGINAL-BLEISTIFTZEICHNUNG (kl. 8 to quer, montiert auf etwas grösseres Albumblatt der Zeit), eigenhändig bezeichnet und signiert mit Datum 2.I.15 MOTIV : Waldhütte (mit Fenstern, Tür, ganz grün überdacht).

Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. 8 to, mit gestempeltem Namen und Adresse am Kopf als Sculpteur) in Tinte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Vaucouleurs, 26.II.(19)45 - an Monsieur, auf französisch (nicht übersetzt), Randbemerkung des Empfängers.

Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. 8° Doppelblatt mit geprägter Adresse am Kopf) in Tinte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Paris, 14.II.(19)24 - in französisch, wegen einer Verabredung, die er nicht einhalten kann wegen eines dringenden Termins in der Akademie / he cannot come to a meeting since he has an urgent matter to attend to at the Academie.