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Jones, Owen & Goury, M. Jules. Plans, E

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Jones, Owen & Goury, M. Jules. Plans, E
Jones, Owen & Goury, M. Jules. Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra: From Drawings Taken on the Spot in 1834 By the Late M. Jules Goury and in 1834 & 1837 By Owen Jones. With a Complete Translation of the Arabic Inscriptions....2 Volumes. London: Owen Jones, Double Elephant - over 25" - 50" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good condition. With a Complete Translation of the Arabic Inscriptions, and an Historical Notice of the Kings of Granada, from the Conquest of that City by the Arabs to the Expulsion of the Moors by Mr. Pasqual de Gayangos. 1842-1845. MOORISH ARCHITECTURE. Volume 1 - Chromolithographed title page, title page in red and black ink, list of Subscribers, list of plates, advertisement, 20pp, with 51 tissue guarded, engraved plates (some fold-out, some chromolithograph) with descriptive text. Volume 2 - Chromolithograph title page, title page in red & black ink, plus 50 tissue guarded engraved plates (some chromolithograph). Bound in 3/4 black leather and marbled paper, marbled end papers, raised bands on spine, brown leather spine labels with gilt designs on spine, all edges gilt. Covers show corner/edge wear. Vol. 2 has leather peeled on back cover. BINDING AND HINGES TIGHT. THESE ARE NOT EX-LIBRARY.