Le Corbusier - Le Modulor - 1950

Rare original copy of “Le Modulor” by Le Corbusier, one of the foundational texts of 20th-century modern architecture.

Operation details:
• Full title: Le Modulor – Essay on a harmonic measure at the human scale applicable universally to architecture and to mechanics
• Author: Le Corbusier
• Publisher: Éditions de l’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui
• Place: Boulogne (Seine)
• Year: 1950 (first original edition)
• Series: Collection Ascoral, Section B, Volume 4
• Printing: Imprimerie Mont-Louis, Clermont-Ferrand

Features:
• Illustrated volume with schemes, diagrams and explanatory plates
• Text in French
• Fundamental theoretical treatise on human proportion and the modular system applied to architecture
• Key work in the history of design and modern urban planning

Conditions:
• General good condition, consistent with age
• Original cover present, with signs of wear and patina of time
• Interiors well preserved, complete, without significant tears
• Binding intact but with signs of use

Note for collectors:
“Le Modulor” represents one of Le Corbusier’s most influential contributions to architectural theory, the basis of numerous iconic projects. The first editions are increasingly sought after on the international market.

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