Marchal - Guide Archéologique aux Temples d'Angkor - 1928

Important and sought-after first edition of this fundamental archaeological guide to the temples of Angkor by Henri Marchal. The volume offers a detailed historical-artistic description of the Angkor Vat, Angkor Thom, and the monuments of the Petit and Grand Circuit, accompanied by a rich illustrative apparatus. H. Marchal, Archaeological Guide to the Temples of Angkor: Angkor Vat, Angkor Thom, and the Monuments of the Petit and Grand Circuit, Paris and Brussels, Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928. PP. VII, (I), 217. COMPLETE, with 16 plates hors texte and 3 folding plates. Copy with maps in overall good condition, with the usual signs of use and aging and widespread foxing. Publisher's cloth binding in blue with the title impressed in gold on the front board and on the spine, in generally good overall preservation. Endpapers present. Prestigious provenance: the ex-libris label of Marquis Giacomo Medici del Vascello (1883–1949), noted Italian politician and industrialist.

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