New York: Vendome Press, Date: 1995. Hardcover. VG-/VG-. Blue boards with gilt lettering. colro-photographic dust jacket with black lettering. 224 pp. Mainly color illustrations. The recent vast expansion, transformation and reorganization of the Louvre, and the building of I.M. Pei's controversial glass pyramid in its midst, has drawn attention to the architecture of this extraordinary building - a building which for eight hundred years has been at the center of French history and culture, and to which France's greatest architects, sculptors and painters have given their most inspired work. Beneath the ground, but now easily accessible to visitors, are substantial remains of the medieval castle. It is time, for a new assessment of the Louvre's architectural history. Genevieve Bresc, provides an authoritative guide to every period, including the army of artists and craftsmen who enriched its interiors. Two hundred seductive color plates by the leading architectural photographer Keiichi Tahara reveal the Louvre in all its glory as it has never been seen before. -Jacket. 1995. Vendome Press ISBN 086565963x US

ISBN10: 086565963X, ISBN13: 9780865659636, [publisher: Vendome Press, New York] Hardcover Blue boards with gilt lettering. colro-photographic dust jacket with black lettering. 224 pp. Mainly color illustrations. The recent vast expansion, transformation and reorganization of the Louvre, and the building of I.M. Pei's controversial glass pyramid in its midst, has drawn attention to the architecture of this extraordinary building - a building which for eight hundred years has been at the center of French history and culture, and to which France's greatest architects, sculptors and painters have given their most inspired work. Beneath the ground, but now easily accessible to visitors, are substantial remains of the medieval castle. It is time, for a new assessment of the Louvre's architectural history. Genevieve Bresc, provides an authoritative guide to every period, including the army of artists and craftsmen who enriched its interiors. Two hundred seductive color plates by the leading architectural photographer Keiichi Tahara reveal the Louvre in all its glory as it has never been seen before. -Jacket.
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ISBN10: 086565963X, ISBN13: 9780865659636, [publisher: Vendome Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition 128 illustrations including 117 in color. Photographs by Keiichi Tahara. Preface by Pierre Rosenberg. Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise Fine/Fine. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. An excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. ; Folio; 224 pages
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New York: Vendome Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Date: 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. 086565963X . 128 illustrations including 117 in color. Photographs by Keiichi Tahara. Preface by Pierre Rosenberg. ; Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket with a crease to rear, otherwise n excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; Folio; 224 pages . 1995. Vendome Press ISBN 086565963X 9780865659636 [US]

New York: Vendome Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. 086565963X . 128 illustrations including 117 in color. Photographs by Keiichi Tahara. Preface by Pierre Rosenberg. Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise Fine/Fine. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. An excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. ; Folio; 224 pages . 1995. Vendome Press ISBN 086565963X 9780865659636 [US]