Hardcover. 8vo. Published by John Lane Company, The Bodley Head, New York, 1917. 152 pgs. Illustrated with 99 illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is lightly chipped and worn). Bound in 1/2 cloth blue boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In the Foreword the author states that ".as much skill and science and understanding of art is needed in the adornment of the inside of a palace as is required in the designing and embellishment of t he outside" William Francklyn Paris was a professional architect who studied with private tutors, at the Art Students League in New York, and in London, Paris, and Rome.
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