GASCAR (Pierre) — MARTIN (André) — Saint-Marc - Lot 134

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GASCAR (Pierre) — MARTIN (André) — Saint-Marc - Lot 134
GASCAR (Pierre) — MARTIN (André) — Saint-Marc GASCAR (Pierre). — Saint-Marc. Photographs by André Martin. Paris, Delpire Éditeur, 1964. Large square quarto, publisher’s illustrated photographic hardcover with a typographic dust jacket, 167 pp., numerous black-and-white and color photographs. First edition, the third volume in the remarkable collection “Le Génie du lieu” published by Robert Delpire. A spectacular volume devoted to St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, in which Pierre Gascar’s text interacts with André Martin’s photographs. The particularly inventive graphic design alternates between monumental typographic compositions, literary quotations, full-page and double-page photographs, and details of the basilica’s mosaics, polychrome marbles, sculptures, and architectural elements. The dust jacket itself constitutes a remarkable typographic composition, while the hardcover is entirely illustrated with a polychrome detail from the marble floor. The book focuses particularly on the hybrid nature of St. Mark’s, a monument where Byzantine architecture meets the Christian West. A spectacular double-page spread notably features a passage by Marcel Proust evoking St. Mark’s. A beautifully produced book by Robert Delpire and a remarkable work of photography and architecture from the 1960s. Dust jacket intact, slightly faded and soiled, with some scuffing and minor signs of wear; illustrated hardcover and interior in good condition.
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