Armand Guerinet — Decorations Interieures: Directoire Et Premier Empire

Paris, GueÃOerinet, c1920 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of plates illustrating the interior design and external facades of France's imperial period under Napoleon Bonaparte. In the original French.A very scarce first edition.Collated, illustrated with forty-nine of the fifty-five plates called for. Lacking plates 3, 4, 5, 10, 33 and 37.Publisher Armand Guerinet offers a pictorial account of the interior decorations of the Premier Empire, or First French Empire, the imperial period of France from 1804 to 1814, and again in 1815, under the rule of Napoleon.With depictions of facades of restaurants and other commercial buildings, and internal views of bedchambers, hotels, and boutiques throughout Paris.In the publisher's original portfolio, rebacked in cloth, retaining the original four ribbon ties. Rebacked in cloth, with the original marbled paper covered boards, with ribbon ties. Title label to front board, which is age toned. Bumps to board perimeters. Internally, leaves loosely inserted, as issued. Pages lightly age toned to perimeters, but otherwise clean and bright. Former owner's pencil inscriptions to three plates, with the odd closed tear to plate perimeters. Lacking plates 3, 4, 5, 10, 33 and 37. Very Good . Ill.: Armand Guerinet. Very Good .