Jun 13, 2017 - Sale 2451

Sale 2451 - Lot 4

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(ARCHITECTURE / CAMBODIA). Le Temple d'Angkor Vat. 2 volumes comprising L'Architecture du Monument and La Sculpture Ornementale du Temple [complete]. 2 folding plans and 286 rich full-page photographic plates of Khmer architecture, ornament, sculptures, temples and other structures. Thick folios, rebound in custom red calf over slate cloth boards, spines decoratively stamped in blind and gilt-lettered (on black calf lettering pieces) within six compartments; pinholes from original binding visible along far inner margins, partially uncut and unopened. The series is part of the Mémoires Archéologiques publiés par l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient. Paris: Les Éditions G. van Oest, 1929