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MAUSS, Christophe

Christophe-Edouard Mauss [Christophe MAUSS]
L'Eglise de Saint-Jérémie à Abou-Gosch (Emmaüs de saint Luc, et Castellum de Vespasien), avec une étude sur le stade au temps de saint Luc et de Flavius Josèphe. Mesures théoriques du pilier de Tello[The Church of Saint-Jeremiah at Abu-Gosh (the Emmaus of Saint Luke, and the Castellum of Vespasian), with a Study on the Stadium in the Time of Saint Luke and Flavius Josephus. Theoretical Measurements of the Pillar of Tello]
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1892|18.2 x 28 cm|Relié
Rare first edition illustrated with 31 figures in the text.
Contemporary half blond calf, the spine slightly sunned, with five raised bands decorated with gilt and black fillets, fawn morocco lettering-piece, marbled paper sides, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, sprinkled comb-marbled edges.
Christophe-Edouard Mauss (1829–1914), architect to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, undertook several archaeological missions in the Levant (Salonika, Smyrna, Alexandria) before being sent by the French government to Jerusalem (1862–1874) to restore the Church of Saint Anne.
He was also deeply interested in ancient metrology, on which he wrote several monographs (the final...
€1,500
Christophe-Edouard Mauss [Christophe MAUSS]
Le Rectangle de Khorsabad et la théorie générale des mesures antiques[The Khorsabad Rectangle and the General Theory of Ancient Measurements]
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1895|18.2 x 27.8 cm|3 fascicules reliés en 1 volume
Very rare first edition.
Only three copies recorded in the CCF (BnF, Sainte-Geneviève, CNAM).
Half blond calf, spine lightly sunned, with five raised bands decorated with gilt and black fillets, tan morocco lettering-piece, marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, mottled comb-marbled edges, original front wrapper preserved; contemporary binding.
The architect of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Christophe-Edouard Mauss (1829–1914), undertook several archaeological missions in the Levant (Salonika, Smyrna, Alexandria) before being sent by the French government to Jerusalem (1862–1874) to restore the Church of Saint Anne. He also developed a...
€1,500
Set of four rare works, two inscribed to fellow archaeologist Guillaume-Rey
Set of four rare works, two inscribed to fellow archaeologist Guillaume-Rey
Christophe MAUSS
Note sur la méthode employée pour tracer le plan de la Mosquée d'Omar et de la rotonde du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1888|16.5 x 25.5 cm|4 volumes reliés en 1
First edition, printed in very limited numbers, of this offprint from the Revue archéologique, illustrated with 12 textual figures and 3 plates; only two copies listed in the CCF (Quai d'Orsay and Strasbourg).
Contemporary Bradel binding in olive green cloth-backed marbled boards, smooth spine with red morocco title label, original wrappers bound in.
Christophe-Edouard Mauss (1829–1914), architect to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was entrusted with several archaeological missions in the East (Thessaloniki, Smyrna, Alexandria), and was later sent by the French government to Jerusalem (1862–1874) to oversee the restoration of the Church of Saint Anne. He also...
€1,500
Christophe-Edouard Mauss [Christophe MAUSS]
Note sur la méthode employée pour tracer le plan de la Mosquée d'Omar et de la rotonde du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem[Note on the Method Employed in Drawing the Plan of the Mosque of Omar and of the Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem]
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1888|16.5 x 23 cm|Broché
First edition, printed in a small number, of this scarce offprint from the Revue archéologique, illustrated with 11 figures in the text and 3 folding plates.
Only two copies recorded in the CCF (Quai d'Orsay and Strasbourg).
The architect of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Christophe-Edouard Mauss (1829-1914), had been entrusted with several archaeological missions in the Levant (Salonica, Smyrna, Alexandria), before being appointed by the French government to Jerusalem (1862-1874) to restore the Church of Saint Anne.
He also developed a keen interest in ancient metrology, on which he published several monographs.
A pleasing copy.
Autograph...
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Christophe MAUSS

Le Rectangle de Khorsabad et la théorie générale des mesures antiques[The Khorsabad Rectangle and the General Theory of Ancient Measurements]

Note sur la méthode employée pour tracer le plan de la Mosquée d'Omar et de la rotonde du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem

Note sur la méthode employée pour tracer le plan de la Mosquée d'Omar et de la rotonde du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem[Note on the Method Employed in Drawing the Plan of the Mosque of Omar and of the Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem]