Frederic Macler — Documents D&Apos;Art Armeniens: Atlas

Paris, Librairie Oientaliste Paul Geuthner , 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the scarce Atlas volume of this striking 1920s celebration of Armenian art, edited by French linguist and orientalist Frederic Macler. In the original French. A scarce first edition.The Atlas volume only of this work. A text volume was also published, but is not present here.Illustrated with 103 plates bearing 260 figures. Collated, complete.An impressive collection of plates depicting ancient Armenian works of art, edited and collected by French linguist, orientalist and translator Frederic Macler, who took a chair in Armenian at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, which he held until 1937. In 1919, he co-founded the Society for Armenian Studies.With the bookplate of Francis E B Witts to the front pastedown. Individual plates loosely inserted in cloth backed portfolio binding, with cloth ties. Spotting to perimeters of portfolio boards, with boards lightly age toned. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, plates exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .