Portals-Doorways And Windows of France by George Leighton Dahl (Hardcover, 1925)

Description: New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Company. 1925.First edition, 4to, pp. xiii, 209, 29cm. Frontis, photos, illust. Clean red boards with black block on front that is bordered with a beautiful gilt and design, spine also has a black title block with gilt lettering, some discoloration on the portions of the boards, dj is wrapped in plastic to protect, which is good since it helps to protect the fragile edges along the spine, the spine is slightly discolored, personal bookplate on the ffep from the library of Donald G. Greaves. the whole book is formatted to show sketch & dimension with b/w photo of the doorway on the opposite page. Interior pages are clean. Wonderful catalog of the vast and ornate doorways of France. This book is the result of the travels of Mr. Dahl after his completion of the Graduate School of Architecture at Harvard when he received his Masters in the year of 1922. This book "lays no claim to completeness, nor even to coherence, in the selection of the monuments. It pretends to be no more than a complication of interesting and instructive material by a sensitive and eager artist, working swiftly, but carefully, to make the most of the opportunities offered by an artistic pilgrimage. No illustrated material can ever take the place of original observation, but architects will none the less welcome this permanent and scientific record of one phase of a student's activity in France."

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