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Lot 313

[ARCHITECTURE]. D?ESOUY, Hector. Monuments antiques, releve...

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[ARCHITECTURE]. D?ESOUY, Hector. Monuments antiques, releve?s et restaure?s par les architectes pensionnaires de l'Acade?mie de France a` Rome. Edited by Victor Chapot. Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie, n.d. [ca. 1913]. Folio. 15 pp. text, 51 engravings (several folding), loose as issued. Original red cloth portfolio stamped in gilt (lacking ties, extreme ends frayed, covers darkened). Provenance: library of Holabird & Roche architectural firm (bookplate and signature on inside front cover; plate versos stamped). SCARCE SUPPLEMENT to the 3?volume series on ancient Greek and Roman architecture. From the library of the oldest architecture firm in Chicago whose work includes the Tacoma Building, Marquette Building, the Chicago School skyscrapers, the Palmer House, and many other notable buildings around the city.