FAVIER, Jean. L'Architecture. Exposition Internationale Paris 1937. Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1937. 3 volumes, small 2° (325 x 230mm). Together 144 plates. (Light wear in a few margins, edges lightly yellowed.) Original grey cloth-backed portfolio with drab boards printed in red (some ties lacking, dampstain near top edge, one cover darkened, corners rubbed).
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FAVIER, Jean. L'Architecture. Exposition Internationale Paris 1937. Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1937. 3 volumes, small 2° (325 x 230mm). Together 144 plates. (Light wear in a few margins, edges lightly yellowed.) Original grey cloth-backed portfolio with drab boards printed in red (some ties lacking, dampstain near top edge, one cover darkened, corners rubbed).

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FAVIER, Jean. L'Architecture. Exposition Internationale Paris 1937. Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1937. 3 volumes, small 2° (325 x 230mm). Together 144 plates. (Light wear in a few margins, edges lightly yellowed.) Original grey cloth-backed portfolio with drab boards printed in red (some ties lacking, dampstain near top edge, one cover darkened, corners rubbed).

FIRST EDITION. A complete set of this richly illustrated document of the architecture of the 1937 Paris World Fair, comprising three volumes: the first devoted to the national pavilions, including the Speer designed Germany pavilion, and the Alvar Aalto Finland pavilion; the second recording the French architecture; the third recording the French regional and colonial buildings.