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Hittorff, Jacques Ignace
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3,500 - 5,000 USD
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Description
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Restitution du Temple d'Empédocle a Sélinote. Atlas. Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1851
Folio, atlas volume only (24 x 17 in.; 609 x 432 mm). 25 chromolithographed plates by Engelmann after Hittorff (including frontispiece); title-page soiled, some finger soiling to plates. Publisher's quarter purple cloth, gilt emblem on upper cover, smooth spine lettered gilt, plain endpapers and edges; worn and stained.
Folio, atlas volume only (24 x 17 in.; 609 x 432 mm). 25 chromolithographed plates by Engelmann after Hittorff (including frontispiece); title-page soiled, some finger soiling to plates. Publisher's quarter purple cloth, gilt emblem on upper cover, smooth spine lettered gilt, plain endpapers and edges; worn and stained.
Literature
Not in Fowler or Millard
Condition
Folio (24 x 17 in.; 609 x 432 mm). 25 chromolithographed plates by Engelmann after Hittorff (including frontispiece); title-page soiled, some finger soiling to plates. Publisher's quarter purple cloth, gilt emblem on upper cover, smooth spine lettered gilt, plain endpapers and edges; worn and stained.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A German-born French architect, Hittorff went to Paris in 1810 and studied for some years at the Académie des Beaux-Arts while working concurrently as a draughtsman for Charles Percier. One of his important discoveries was that color had been employed in ancient Greek architecture, a subject which he especially discussed in Architecture polychrome chez les Grecs (1830) and in Restitution du temple d'Empédocle à Sélinonte (1851); in accordance with the doctrines enunciated in these works he was in the habit of making color an important feature in most of his architectural designs, including the cast-iron fountains in the Place de la Concorde.