Condition: Text vol. in 4to (325 x 245mm) in half red Shagreen and 199 (of 200) plates in tall folio (573 x 402mm.). Text: (ii) + (viii) + 296 pp with 34 engraved plates. Plates are lithographed or engraved, approximately 130 printed in colours. Spotting troughout text and plates, water staining affecting a few plates, titles and tables of third volume. Some original publisher’s wrappers remain with the mention of the second edition. Missing plate: Payement de mosaïque LVI Fragments disposés sur le plan des Dorqaah.
PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant. - L'Art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVI..