1885254156. Limited printing of 500 copies. In publisher's shrinkwrap.

1885254156. Limited printing of 500 copies. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Slipcase is cardboard, covered with yellow cloth on top and bottom, black cloth around the main body of the case. Front and pack has a paste down with the title, author and The Monacelli Press Fondation [sic] L. C. Originally published in Milan, Italy in 1994, in Italian. In English and French; translated from the Italian by Mila Dau. The original four Carnets [notebooks] are written in French, with mostly b/w, a few in color, drawings, sketches, notes, which are pencil like in appearance. Some of the pages are numbered, others are not. This set presents four meticulously reproduced travel notebooks of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret Le Corbusier on his travels through Germany, which came at the end of his tour of the Orient. In pocket-sized journals, he noted what he saw, sketched ideas and places, and offered thoughtful commentary on his experiences, which took place 1910-1911. A fifth 160-page volume provides a concise overview of his journey in English, and a reprinting (in French) of his written entries. Le Corbusier was born in France on October 6, 1887; died in France, on August 27, 1965. He had a long and successful career, helping to create revolutions in architecture during the middle part of the 20th century. Many of these are still strongly influential to the current day. On the back page of the fifth volume [titled 'Transcriptions'] it states this is a limited edition of 500.; B & W illustrations; 4 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4; 300+ pages; Slight rubbing/bumping to slipcase, faint 1/2" blue mark on label.