322 - DALY, César.

DALY, César. Historical Motifs in Architecture and Ornamental Sculpture—Interior Decorations Paris, Ducher et Cie, 1880–1881. 2 folio volumes. In the publisher’s laced slipcase, issued in installments with purple covers, as published (covers faded and worn, but interior remains fresh). Description: Rare first edition on decorative arts, issued in installments in the publisher’s slipcase. This work by architect and publisher César Daly (1811–1893) was published with plates prepared and distributed beginning in the late 1870s, including 1879. A collection of plates devoted to interior decorations and ornamental elements of French buildings, from the Renaissance through the end of the reign of Louis XVI, comprising the second series. Includes 200 plates, 16 of which are chromolithographs, some spanning two pages. Printed on fine, thick paper with wide margins. Another edition is included: -DALY, César. Historical Motifs of Architecture and Ornamental Sculpture. Interior Decorations. Paris, Massin, 1911. 2 folio volumes. Loose sheets in the publisher’s red percaline slipcase with laces, gilt title on the covers. Good copies. Provenance: the Croatian architect J. Markovich, with his ex libris stamp. Stamps.