101 - LE CORBUSIER - JEANNERET (Pierre).

LE CORBUSIER - JEANNERET (Pierre). L'Architecture vivante. Paris: Éditions Albert Morancé, [1929–1933]. — 4 volumes, in-4 format, 270 x 225. Loose-leaf, in an illustrated cardboard slipcase with a cloth spine and the publisher’s black fabric ties. Complete set of Series II, III, V, and VI out of the 7 published issues of one of the most important architecture journals of the late 1920s, published by Le Corbusier and his cousin, the Swiss architect and engineer Pierre Jeanneret. “Published in portfolio form—a very common editorial format in the 1920s and 1930s— this elegant journal explores the concerns of modern architectural theorists—whose illustrated articles open each issue—and showcases the most significant contemporary architectural projects through numerous photographic plates” (Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine website). These four volumes are organized as follows: - Second series, 1929: 47 pp., 49 plates. Texts by Jean Badovici and Le Corbusier. Numerous full-page plans and 49 plates of photographs and plans, numbered 1 through 50, including one double plate counting as two plates (46–47). - Third series, 1929–1930: 49 pp., (1 blank folio), 25 plates. Text by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (“The Problem of the ‘Minimum House’ ”), followed by numerous drawings included in the pagination, concerning the Centrosoyus Palace in Moscow, the Salvation Army’s floating shelter in Paris, the Canneel House, the Loucheur metal-framed semi-detached houses, etc. The volume concludes with 25 plates. - Fifth series, 1932: 31 pp., 25 plates. Text by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (“Urban Development Plan for the City of Algiers, 1931–1932”), illustrated with numerous plans within the text and as full-page illustrations, followed by 25 plates. - Sixth series, 1933: 42 pp., (1 blank folio), 24 plates. Texts by Le Corbusier and Jean Badovici, with numerous drawings in the text and as full-page illustrations, followed by 24 plates. Some slight wear on the covers; otherwise, the copies are in very good condition.