MARCHAL (Henri) & MIESTCHANINOFF (Oscar) — Khmer Sculptu - Lot 219

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MARCHAL (Henri) & MIESTCHANINOFF (Oscar) — Khmer Sculptu - Lot 219
MARCHAL (Henri) & MIESTCHANINOFF (Oscar) — Khmer Sculptures Paris, Librairie de France, F. Sant'Andrea, L. Marcerou & Cie, [1922]. Quarto, paperback; printed cover with a pasted-on photograph; preface by Henri Gourdon; 26 plates containing 29 black-and-white photographs. An interesting and early publication devoted to Khmer sculpture, presented by Henri Marchal, then curator of the Angkor collection, and the sculptor Oscar Miestchaninoff. The plates feature, in particular, heads of deities and Buddhas, monumental sculptures, and decorative elements from the temples of Angkor. The work can be dated to 1922: a review of *Sculptures khmères* by Henri Parmentier appeared that same year in the *Bulletin de l’École française d’Extrême-Orient*. Bibliographic catalogs sometimes provide a more vague date, such as “[192–?]” or “circa 1930.” A copy in its original paperback binding. The cover is slightly faded and rubbed, with small marks and creases; there is some foxing and soiling throughout the volume, particularly on the title page and in the margins of the plates. There are old pencil annotations on the title page. Nevertheless, the book is well-preserved and complete with all its plates.
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