Arcisse de CAUMONT. - Lot 182

Arcisse de CAUMONT. Cours d'Antiquités monumentales, taught in Caen, 1830. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Ouest de la France, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'au XVIIe siècle. Paris, chez Lance, Caen et Rouen, 1830-1841, 6 volumes in-12 and an Atlas in 6 parts in-8 oblong, uniformly bound in black half-basane with later corners, spines with ornate nerves, covers preserved. In-text figures, rare foxing and atlas of 120 plates (out of 124), sometimes double, with anarchic numbers, foxing in places, ownership stamp on titles, all atlas covers preserved. Brunet and Frère erroneously report 120 plates. Volume I: Celtic Era. Volume II: Gallo-Roman era. Volume III: Gallo-Roman era. Volume IV: Middle Ages, Religious Architecture (new edition). Volume V: Middle Ages, military and civil architecture. Volume VI: Middle Ages, Baptismal fonts, altars, tombs, glass painting, frescoes, enamels, woodwork.