ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHITECTURE - Lot 48

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHITECTURE Fischer, Lurçat, Bonnier, Hennebique, Burkhalter, Moreux, Siclis, Sauvage, Patout, Perret, Pingusson, P.L. Nervi, Pacon, Blot, Roux Spitz, Ponti, the Luckhart brothers, Constructions Modernes. Volumes 1 to 12 (complete publication), with some omissions. Paris, Morancé, [1927-1938], 12 volumes 280x230mm, each containing 12pp of titles and tables and 100 plates (101 for volume 3) reproduced in phototype, captioned on the spine, constituting a set of 1201 plates including 5 stenciled, loose in publisher's cloth-backed wallets. Fairly goodPublished in parallel with the magazine "l'Architecture Vivante", devoted to new trends in international architecture, the Encyclopédie de l'Architecture was intended to complement this publication by presenting concrete achievements. Publisher Albert Morancé saw the two series as complementary. A double numbering system, chronological and thematic, made it possible to extract specific monographs. The entire modernist movement is represented in this book, with works by : Fischer, Lurçat, Bonnier, Hennebique, Burkhalter, Moreux, Siclis, Sauvage, Patout, Perret, Pingusson, P.L. Nervi, Pacon, Blot, Roux Spitz, Ponti, the Luckhart brothers, Neutra, Siren, Beaudoin and Lods, Antonin Raymond, among others. Missing: -Volume VIII: plates 9,12,13,14,15,16,and 26 to 50 as well as the original printed folder. -Volume XII: plates 53 to 76. As is, all 12 volumes(105203)