Stéphan POULAIN (1914-? ), Cours général d'histoire... Lot 40

Stéphan POULAIN (1914-? ), Cours général d'histoire de l'architecture. Croquis Mr Hautecoeur professeur; M. Lavedan professeur, circa 1940.1 portfolio containing two series of plates: Title "Cours d'histoire générale de l'architecture. Croquis. Mr Hautecoeur professeur", intertitle [architecture égyptienne], 7 pl. num. 1-6 (2 pl. 4); intertitle [architecture orientale], 7 pl. num. 7-11 (2 pl. 10 and 2 pl. 11); intertitle [architecture égéenne et mycénienne], 6 pl num. 12-18 (1 pl. 5-18); intertitle [architecture grecque], 12 pl. num.19-30; Title "Ecole nationale des beaux arts. Cours d'histoire générale de l'architecture. M. Lavedan professeur", 50 pl. num. 1-33 (2 pl. under num. 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23and 32; 3 pl. num. 10 and 4 pl. num. 2). A total of 88 leaves, most punched so as not to be used again in another year. In black cloth wallet with laces, spine and corners, handwritten label on upper cover: "SPoulain. At. Leconte, 1e cl. 24". Provenance: author's family An important corpus of notes and plates from the famous Hautecoeur and Lavedan courses, these testimonies are rarely preserved complete, as here, with all their plates. This does not make the manuscript testimonials any less interesting.