AUBERT (Marcel), POBÉ (Marcel), & GANTNER (Joseph). — Ro - Lot 41

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AUBERT (Marcel), POBÉ (Marcel), & GANTNER (Joseph). — Ro - Lot 41
AUBERT (Marcel), POBÉ (Marcel), & GANTNER (Joseph). — Romanesque Monumental Art in France. 271 illustrations by Jean Roubier. Paris: Les Éditions Braun & Cie, 1955. Large quarto, approximately 31 × 24 cm, 84 pp. of text followed by 271 photographic plates, publisher’s binding in full unbleached cloth, front cover adorned in the center with a tree motif printed in bistre. Extensive black-and-white illustrations based on photographs by Jean Roubier. The institutional bibliography confirms the original 1955 edition, the collation, and the 271 illustrations. A beautiful and important reference work devoted to Romanesque architecture and sculpture in France, bringing together the studies of three leading 20th-century art historians: Marcel Aubert, Marcel Pobé, and Joseph Gantner. The book offers a comprehensive overview of French monumental art from the 11th and 12th centuries, examining both the architectural layout of the buildings and their sculpted decoration. Jean Roubier’s photographs constitute a truly monumental body of documentation, organized geographically and devoted to the churches, abbeys, capitals, portals, and sculptural ensembles of Romanesque France. A contemporary bibliographic description specifically highlights the quality of the photographs and the value of the accompanying descriptions. The photographs in your copy feature, among others, Die (Drôme), Cruas (Ardèche), and Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), with particularly spectacular full-page reproductions. Original unbleached cloth binding, generally clean, with a few small marks and slight signs of wear. Corners very slightly rubbed. Interior appears very fresh and well-preserved; plates are clean. Lacks the illustrated dust jacket, which accompanied some copies and significantly increases the book’s commercial value.
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