VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugène. A Comprehensive Dictionary of French - Lot 316

VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugène. A Comprehensive Dictionary of French Furniture: From the Carolingian Period to the Renaissance. Paris: Gründ and Maguet, n.d. [circa 1879]. 6 tomes in 3 in-4 volumes, each bound in brown half-morocco, ribbed spine, red caps. Approximately 450–500 pages per tome (uncollated), over 1,800 woodcuts, steel engravings, and chromolithographs. Minor scuffing from handling; paper slightly browned at the margins with small foxing spots. A fine edition of this dictionary, which was first published in installments between 1858 and 1875. This monumental work on the history of the decorative arts, richly illustrated, is an indispensable reference for furniture and utensils, clothing, jewelry and toiletries, and weapons of war. Copies in fine condition.