30 - DALY, César.

DALY, César. Private Architecture in the 19th Century. Third Series. Painted Interior Decorations. First [and] Second Volume(s). Paris, Librairie générale de l’architecture, 1877. 2 volumes in a single large folio volume (43 x 31 cm). Light brown half-shagreen with period corners, pages mounted on tabs (binding worn, spine missing and front cover detached, foxing). Dedicated to private architecture, both exterior and interior, in Paris and its environs, and designed to showcase residences built since the beginning of Napoleon III’s reign. The volumes cover living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, studies, entryways, and other rooms. Illustrated with 89 chromolithographic plates on 110 sheets, corresponding to the plate lists at the beginning of each section. Complete copy. There is minimal foxing on the plates. Volume 1. Living Rooms and Adjoining Rooms. (4) ff., 19 plates numbered 1–26 (including 7 double plates); Dining Rooms and Adjoining Rooms. (2) ff., 12 plates numbered 1–18 (including 6 double-page plates); Bedrooms and adjoining rooms. (2) ff., 10 plates numbered 1–11, including one double-page plate. Volume 2. Study and adjoining rooms. (4) ff., 8 plates numbered 1–9, including one double-page spread; Entrances and adjoining rooms. (2) ff., 25 plates numbered 1–27, including 2 double-page spreads; Miscellaneous and Comparative Studies. [2] ff.; 15 plates numbered 1–19, including 4 double-page spreads, (1) f. DECORATIVE ARTS.