L'Art Arabe D'Après Les Monuments Du Kaire Depuis Le VIIe Siècle Jusqu'A La Fin Du XVIIIe Par Prisse D'Avennes Texte ([Atlas]: Premier - Troisième Volume)
Paris,: Ve A. Morel Et Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs, 13, Rue Bonaparte, 13, M DCCC LXXVII Tous droits réservés
Physical Description
4 vols. ; 325 mm. (551 mm.)
General Note
Text (4°): [4], viii, 296 p., XXXIV engr. pl. : wood-engr. ill. - Atlas (2°): Vol. I: [8] p., pl. 1-67. - Vol. II: [8] p., pl. 68-133. - Vol. III: [8] p., pl. 134-200.
Contents
The three folio 'atlas' volumes follow the same format: [Half-t., t.p.] - Table Des Planches Du Premier (Troisième) Volume - [Divisional t.p., 'Planches'] - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
The printer is named on the half-title versos: 'A. Quantin imprimeur: r. S. Benoit 7. à Paris.'
Most plates are signed (as drawn) by Prisse d'Avennes; some, by Girault de Prangey; in Volume III a few are signed as by W. de Famars-Testas, Ch. Cournault, Yahia el-Wacetty. They are signed as engraved by Jules Penel, Sulpis, A. Soudain, Chappuis, Digeon, Brück, Huguet Jne., or as lithographed by Mathieu, Bayot, Philippe Benoist, Ch. Fichot, Monthelier, F. Sorrieu, Asselineau, Bernard Schmidt, Mouilleron, Léveil, Georges Weber, E. Spiegel, Marchand, Wolfart (or Wohlfart), Anrich, Urrabieta, Lebreton (or Le Breton), G. Sanier, Lemoine, Painlevé, Regamey, Daumont, Laugier, Edwin, L. Kuppenheim, Levié, Ollé, Méheux, Bauer, Lestel, J. Coin. Two plates (157, 158) are signed 'Heliographie Garnier'.
Most carry the imprint of the printer Lemercier et Cie., or that of Ch. and A. Chardon; some, that of Hangard-Maugé. Many carry also the imprint of the publisher Vve. A. Morel et Cie.
A tailpiece in the text of Volume I is signed 'Guillaumot Junior' and 'J. Penel del.'
References
A.C.T.E. Prisse D'Avennes, L'art arabe d'apres les monuments du Kaire (2002). Italian and English translations were: A.C.T.E. Prisse D'Avennes, Arte araba al Cairo (1993); A.C.T.E. Prisse D'Avennes, The decorative art of Arabia (1989); A.C.T.E. Prisse D'Avennes, Arab art as seen through the monuments of Cairo (1983).
A broad overview is Discovering Islamic art: scholars, collectors and collections 1850-1950, ed. S. Vernoit (2000). On the impact of Arab styles see the bibliographic note on J.C. Murphy's The Arabian antiquities of Spain (1815).
Summary Note
The Tables Des Planches list the plates under the following headings: Vol. I: Architecture Vues, Ensembles Et Détails; Architecture Ornementation Et Décoration; Revêtements Et pavements. - Vol. II: Plafonds; Boiseries Ensembles Et Détails; Portes; Faïences Et Imitation. - Vol. III: Menuiserie Moucharabyeh Et Grillages En Bois; Intérieurs; Vitraux Et Verreries; Étoffes Et Tapis; Armes Et Armures; Mobilier Civil Et Religieux Cuivre Et Damasquinure; manuscrits Reliures Et Applications De Découpures En Papier; Qorâns. The 'Texte' volume includes 'Analyse' and 'Tables Générales des Planches de l'Atlas' (pp. 255-296).
Several lithographs are printed in colour (pl. 48, 50-53, 56-62, 65, 68-75, 94, 101, 107-133, 139, 140, 142-156, 162, 163, 166-172, 174-200).
Provenance
Purchased for the RA Library in 1879.
Binding Note
19th-century quarter red morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Prisse D'Avernes - L'Art Arabe' followed by 'Texte' or 'Tome I (-3)' and 'R.A.'
Subject
Architecture, Arab - Art, Arab - Arts, Arab - Architecture detail - Interior decoration - Furniture - Textiles - Decorative arts - Books - Design - Mosques - Houses - Palaces - Egypt - Cairo - History
Art history - Views - Elevations - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Colour printing - France - 19th century