Les vitraux du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance dans le region lyonnaise et specialement dans l'ancien Diocese de Lyon
Paris: Henri Laurens, Editeur, 1911. Begule, Lucien. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2332268
First edition, limited to 300 copies. Rebound with leather spine over marbled boards, with original paper wrappers bound in, gilt titles and double rules, marbled endpapers. Front hinge loose but easily repairable, bottom edge of front board a bit faded. Laid in is a single page from another publication with color stained glass designs. Scarce - only 5 in OCLC.
32 black-and-white plates, some folding showing stained glass designs and the buildings in which they were present, with 275 engraved illustrations in text. The author was a French stained glass painter, who assisted Pierre Bossan in planning the construction of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière. In the 1880s he gained popularity with his own work, and received orders from numerous foreign cities, including Nagasaki (the Immaculate Conception Cathedral), Cairo (the palace of Tigrane Pasha), and Rio de Janeiro (church of the Sisters of saint Vincent de Paul).
Price: $375.00