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When michel's body goes missing, however, the women soon realise their plan is not as straightforward as they first thoughtsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretired of being mistreated by abusive headmaster michel delasalle (paul meurisse), his frail wife, christina (vera clouzot), and his mistress, nicole (simone signoret), plot to kill their tormentoroxfam bookshop swanage classic thriller from director henri-georges clouzot, following the events of a murder plot in a small french provincial school
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Oxfam shop herne hill classic thriller from director henri-georges clouzot, following the events of a murder plot in a small french provincial schoolsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretired of being mistreated by abusive headmaster michel delasalle (paul meurisse), his frail wife, christina (vera clouzot), and his mistress, nicole (simone signoret), plot to kill their tormentorwhen michel's body goes missing, however, the women soon realise their plan is not as straightforward as they first thought
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This is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architectureparis: fĂ©dĂ©ric morelare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiillustrated with 205 large woodcuts, including 74 full-page and 7 double-page blocks; magnificent allegorical woodcut title border; large woodcut head-pieces and large floriated and grotesque woodcut initials; leaf i4 slightly taller than the rest of the text block, to accommodate a tall column woodcut, with about 2 cm section at top folded inmanzoniâs engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplate99; clouzot, philibert de lâorme, ppâ (mortimer, harvard college librthe second volume of the architecture proposed by de lâorme at the end of the dedication and again at the end of the text, was never published355) describing the illustrations of this splendid volume, mortimer writes: âamong the buildings shown in detail are the chĂąteau of anet, built by de lâorme for diane de poitiers, in his capacity as royal architect to henri ii, and de lâormeâs own house in parispalmucci was an 18th-century italian aristocrat, jurist and antiquarian from macerata, who superintended the publication of an essay on medieval bronzes âdelle tessere cavalleresche di bronzo tenute al colloâ (florence, )â manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedwithout the blank ĂȘ6 (as usual), but including 2 unnumbered leaves at the end, which are rarely present, though second leaf trimmed close to text and laid down on the final blank (without loss)adams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)] the good architect, with three eyes and four hands, is speaking to a young apprentice in a garden, with classical buildings in the backgroundin addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de lâormeit is characteristic of de lâormeâs approach to his subject that he should include among the illustrations three allegorical woodcuts concerned with the figure of the architect and the philosophy of a profession for which de lâorme himself was the first french spokesmanthe first and only published volumeâ (gelli, ex libris italiani, pgphilibert de lâormethe first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape settingbound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltâle premier tome de lâarchitecturein the second cut [several minor marginal repairs not affecting text; leaf o3 with a tear slightly affecting the bottom of woodcut on verso, but without loss, repaired in blank portion of rectoplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide marginsthe volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library catbinding rubbed with some wear to extremitiesa second volume was planned by the author but never completed] a device on leaf i3v depict[s] the architect as a learned man, relying for support on serpent-twined compasses as he moves cautiously from a cave of contemplation to a palm tree symbolizing the honor of his professionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeoccasional light browning and some soiling (mainly marginal), a few minor ink smudgesfrench 16th-century books, noa diminutive ex-libris to front pastedown of count giacomo manzoni (), a prominent italian book collector and bibliographera few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked outat the end of the volume this idea is developed further in a summary of the attributes of the architect based on two full-page woodcuts on leaves eee1r and eee3rhis style is as much personal, as theoretical, and his comments on relations between patron and architect or on the practical problems involved in certain structures are based on his own experiencei, ; fowler architectcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablefrench 16th-century books, noberliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cfthe greatest book of architecture of the french renaissance and the most beautifully illustrated the first edition, first issue, with the two very rare unnumbered leaves at the volume's endâde lâormeâs text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative details355; brunet, supple
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