Le Corbusier - The Modulor - 1958
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Le Corbusier’s The Modulor, a 1958 French-language hardback (4th edition, limited to 3,000 copies) published by Editions de L'Architecture D'Aujourd'Hui, with dust jacket, 239 pages, 14.5 × 15 cm, in very good condition.
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Le Corbusier – The Modulor (1958)
Editions de L'Architecture D'Aujourd'Hui
Description
Offered is an original copy of The Modulor by Le Corbusier, one of the most influential theoretical works in modern architecture.
The Modulor is Le Corbusier’s seminal essay on a harmonic system of measurement, based on human proportions and intended to be universally applicable to architecture and mechanics. First developed during the 1940s, the Modulor became a foundational concept in modernist design and was widely used by Le Corbusier in his own architectural projects.
This copy was published in 1958 by Editions of Today’s Architecture and belongs to the Ascoral Collection.
Edition Details
4th edition
Limited print run of 3,000 copies
Year: 1958
Publisher: Editions of Today’s Architecture
Collection: Ascoral
Physical Description
Sewn hardback binding
Original dust jacket
239 pages
Dimensions: 14.5 × 15 cm
Condition
Book: Very Good condition
Clean interior
Firm binding
Minor signs of age consistent with careful use
Dust jacket: Good+ vintage condition
Some wear and aging visible, typical for the period
Notes
A highly desirable reference work for architects, designers, collectors of modernist literature, and admirers of Le Corbusier. Copies with the original dust jacket are increasingly scarce.
Le Corbusier – The Modulor (1958)
Editions de L'Architecture D'Aujourd'Hui
Description
Offered is an original copy of The Modulor by Le Corbusier, one of the most influential theoretical works in modern architecture.
The Modulor is Le Corbusier’s seminal essay on a harmonic system of measurement, based on human proportions and intended to be universally applicable to architecture and mechanics. First developed during the 1940s, the Modulor became a foundational concept in modernist design and was widely used by Le Corbusier in his own architectural projects.
This copy was published in 1958 by Editions of Today’s Architecture and belongs to the Ascoral Collection.
Edition Details
4th edition
Limited print run of 3,000 copies
Year: 1958
Publisher: Editions of Today’s Architecture
Collection: Ascoral
Physical Description
Sewn hardback binding
Original dust jacket
239 pages
Dimensions: 14.5 × 15 cm
Condition
Book: Very Good condition
Clean interior
Firm binding
Minor signs of age consistent with careful use
Dust jacket: Good+ vintage condition
Some wear and aging visible, typical for the period
Notes
A highly desirable reference work for architects, designers, collectors of modernist literature, and admirers of Le Corbusier. Copies with the original dust jacket are increasingly scarce.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Architecture, Art, History
Book Title
The Modulor
Author/ Illustrator
Le Corbusier
Condition
Very good
Artist
Le Corbusier
Publication year oldest item
1958
Height
14.5 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
15 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Editions de L'Architecture D'Aujourd'Hui
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Dust jacket
Number of pages
239
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