117 - César DALY. Historical Motifs in Architecture and Ornamental Sculpture for the Composition and Exterior Decoration of Public and Private Buildings… First and Second Series. Paris, Librairie générale de l'architecture & des travaux publics, Ducher & Cie, 1870–1880. 4 folio volumes, brown half-basane, spine with 6 decorated raised bands (pastiche binding).

César DALY. Historical Motifs in Architecture and Ornamental Sculpture for the Composition and Exterior Decoration of Public and Private Buildings… First and Second Series. Paris, Librairie générale de l'architecture & des travaux publics, Ducher & Cie, 1870–1880. 4 folio volumes, brown half-basane, spine with 6 decorated raised bands (pastiche binding). Avery, 239 /// I. (2f.)-105 pl.-3 / II. (2f.)-95 pl.-3 / III. (3f.)-44, 112 pl. / IV. (2f.), 85 pl. A major publication comprising 398 plates (on 350 sheets), some double-page, some in color, featuring ornamentation classified by period. The first series, published in 1870, features a selection of fragments taken from French monuments, and the second, published ten years later, focuses on interior decorations. The outer margins are slightly browned but do not affect the plates.