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LE CORBUSIER JEANNERET (Pierre). Living Architecture....

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LE CORBUSIER JEANNERET (Pierre). Living Architecture. Published under the direction of Jean Badovici. Paris, Albert Morancé, 1923-1933. 21 vol. in-4 in sheets, each in a cardboard case with ribbon titled of the edition. Complete collection of this magazine dedicated to architecture in all countries, to which the greatest architects and artists of the time collaborated, notably Le Corbusier, Van Doesburg, Mallet-Stevens, Gropius, Perret, Léger, Taut, Elie Faure, Jourdain, Eileen Grey, Malevitch, Rietveld, Hittorff, Max Taut. Each volume illustrated with 50 plates, some of them in color, notably enhanced with stencil, except for the numbers 1929 II containing 59 plates, 1933 I containing 45 plates and 1933 II containing 49 plates. Extremely rare complete collection of this emblematic magazine which is missing only one plate out of the 1054 required, and a few text leaves. The volumes 1923 in triplicate (one incomplete with 4 plates) 1926 I and 1929 II in duplicate. (some volumes uncut, wear to the folders, that of 1933 I replaced by 1932 I, texts and plates almost free of defects, minimal foxing on two copies, tears in the margin of plate 35 of 1926 II. Missing plate 9 of 1930 I, text leaves 33 to 40 of 1927 II, 1 to 4 of 1930 II, 17 to table of contents of 1931 I and table of contents of 1933 I)