Gerspach

Tapis d'Orient. Publiés sous les auspices du Ministère du commerce et du Ministère des cultes et de l'instruction publique par le Musée commercial Imp. Roy. Autrichien.

rif. 13-1413 — Wien: K.K. Österreichischen Handels-Museum 1892-96. Elephant folio. Spines faded light wear to bindings; plates and text clean and bright; very good. 2 volumes bound from the original parts. iv xxxxiii 20 2 pp. 149 plates some containing multiple illustrations comprising: 48 plates each in a black & white and a colored state 96 plates; 41 black & white plates with mounted color key piece; 5 color plates; 5 black & white plates; and 2 plates with both black & white and colored illustrations. Folio 64.5x50 cm 25½x19¾" green half calf and cloth lettered in gilt on spines and front covers. No. 345 of 400 copies and one of only 70 with text in French. First Edition.Also published in German 200 copies and English 130 copies language editions. A cornerstone works on Oriental carpets with writings by Caspar Clarke Wilhelm Bode Vincent Joseph Robinson Sidney J.A. Churchill George C.M. Birdwood Alois Riegl and Arthur von Scala.Les tapis turcs modernes / J.M. Stoeckel -- Ancient tapis orientaux à figures d'animaux / William Bode -- Tapis indiens / Vincent J. Robinson -- L'ancienne fabrication des tapis à Paris / Gerspach -- L'industrie de tapis en Perse eÌtat actuel / Sidney J.A. Churchill -- Histoire des origines de la fabrication des tapis de luxe orientaux / George Birdwood -- Tapis d'orient / C. Purdon Clarke -- Descriptions des tapis reproduits / Alois Riegl Wien: K.K. Österreichischen Handels-Museum, 1892-96. hardcover