Books Archeology, Country Cottages & Chinese Lattice (3). Decloux et Doury, Architectes.Histoire Archeologique, Descriptive et Graphique de la Sainte-Chapelle du Palais. Redige, Dessinee, Peinte et Publiee par Decloux et Doury, Architectes.Paris, Felix Malteste et Cie., 1857. 20 chromolitho plates printed by Lemercier, 5 engraved plates of elevation, section and plans, titlepage printed in red and gold, (4),(88)pp., of historical and descriptive text, each page with a decorative border printed in one of several colours. Some very pale foxing to initial and final leaves. Tall folio, publisher's 1/4 morocco, spine gilt, cloth boards with a decorative gilt border and title. Spine edges rubbed but sound, front board with some marginal spots of discolouration, but overall a very good copy.The book illustrates the chapel as restored by the architect J.B.A.Lassus, before the work of Viollet-le-Duc. the very fine chromo plates show decorative panels, borders, murals, stained glass &c., with much use of gold and some silver. the engraved architectural plates are exquisitely drawn india paper proofs; Vincent, John. Country Cottages: a Series of Designs for an Improved Class of Dwellings for Agricultural Labourers. second Edition.London, Robert Hardwicke, 1861. second Edition.6 tinted litho perspective views, 15 plates of plans, elevations and details (numbered 1-20 + A), (2),viii,19,(1)pp., some occasional pale spotting, mostly marginal, folio, 37 x 27 cm, publisher's cloth gilt with some mild uneven fading to front board, neat inconspicous repair to spine top. a very good copy. Uncommon; Dye, Daniel Sheets. a Grammar of Chinese Lattice. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1937. Two volumes. First and best edition.About 2500 line illustrations of lattice patterns, 469pp. in 2 vols., cloth, dustwrappers. Dustwrappers worn and repaired and front panel of one splash- stained, otherwise a very good copy. An extraordinary pattern book, with all examples described, dated and located when possible. Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series volumes V-VI.