DUFOUR, Henri. Le Bayon d'Angkor Thom. Bas-Reliefs. Publiés par les soins de la Commission Archéologique de l'Indochine, d'après les documents recueillis par la Mission Henri Dufour avec la collaboration de Charles Carpeaux. 1910-1913.
DUFOUR, Henri.
Le Bayon d'Angkor Thom. Bas-Reliefs.
Publiés par les soins de la Commission Archéologique de l'Indochine, d'après les documents recueillis par la Mission Henri Dufour avec la collaboration de Charles Carpeaux.
Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1910-1913.
Two 4to (389x295 mm).
- First Part. (text) : (4)-(4)-iii-(1 bl.)-32 pages, 1 general plan of the Bayon at Angkor Thom. Bas-reliefs of the Outer Galleries: 8 fascicles containing 8 unnumbered plans and 117 plates numbered from 1 to 128. (Plates 89 to 98 and 120 do not exist, as precisely explained in the book's preface, and with a plate 21 bis).
- Part Two. Bas-reliefs of the Inner Galleries. 8 fascicles containing 8 unnumbered plans and 135 plates numbered from 1 to 135 (no plate 131, but one plate 131bis, as precisely explained in the book's preface). binding : In sheet under publisher's portfolio and publisher's folders for the booklets of plates. Tear without loss to the half-title and to the title page dated 1910). A cracked spine and minor tears to some folders. Some pencil annotations.
The first monograph to reproduce in its entirety the decorative bas-reliefs of the most important Khmer building, the Bayon of Angkor Thom.
The documents it contains were gathered during two archaeological missions entrusted to Henri Dufour.
This rare work is complete in both parts (bas-reliefs of the outer galleries and bas-reliefs of the inner galleries) and includes all the required plates, for a total of 1 general plan, 16 plans (1 per booklet of plates), and 252 plates.
Price : 2500 €
