Le Temple d'Angkor Vat (Angkor Wat): Première Partie: L'Architecture du Monument (2 vols.); Deuxième Partie: La Sculpture Ornementale du Temple (2 vols.); Troisième Partie: La Galerie des Bas-Reliefs (3 vols.). 7 vols [COMPLETE SET] L'École Française d'Extrême Orient; Louis Finot (Introduction to volume 1 by); Victor Goloubew (Introduction to volume 2 by); Georges Coedès (Introduction to volume 3) Social Sciences

Folio (14 1/4 x 11"). Original boards in tan dustjacket with black lettering and publisher's device on cover, black lettering and ruling on spine. Rare complete set of this early photographic record and resource on Khmer culture. Vol. 1, part 1: 41, [3]pp. (Text), 72 plates, 2 large folding plans; Vol. 1, part 2: [4]pp., 73-150 plates; Vol. 2, part 1: 18, [2]pp. (Text), 151-218 plates, 2 large folding plans; Vol. 2, part 2: [4]pp., 219-286 plates; Vol. 3, part 1: 12, [4]pp. (Text), 287-350 leaves (Plates) + 4 large folding plans; Vol. 3, part 2: 6, [2]pp. (Text), 351-496 leaves (Plates) + 3 large folding plans; Vol. 3, part 3: 6, [2]pp. (Text), 497-608 leaves (Plates) + 2 large folding plans. Illustrated with 13 large folded plans as well as 608 full-page photogravures, many of them folding, depicting various views of the Temple, stone sculptures, galleries, ornament details, etc. This work is an important and stunning as much as a detailed photographic record of the Temple of Angkor Vat in present-day Cambodia. The meaning of its modern name Angkor Wat is "Temple City" in the Khmer language. Originally constructed as a Hindu temple in 1150 CE it was transformed into the Buddhist temple by the end of the century. It covers an area of some 400 acres with restoration efforts by a conglomerate of international agencies intensifying in the 20th Century to date. The restoration process has been an ongoing process since it's discovery by the French in the early 1800s. Text in French. Part I, Vol. 1: Dustjacket with light wear and lightly sunned along edges. Front board loosely laid into dustjacket, as in all volumes, though front cover of dj separated from spine. Back hinge of dustjacket partially cracked. Spine loosened from block though held together from plate 13. Illustrated Mills College bookplate on inside front cover, perforated Mills College stamp on title page with library number at top, as in all volumes. Part I, Vol. 2: Dustjacket with light wear along edges but front cover separated from spine. Some cracks of dustjacket spine. Part II, Vol. 1: Dustjacket with some wear along edges, small ships mostly near tail of spine. Part II, Vol. 2: Dustjacket with some wear along edges , small chips and closed tears; back cover loose but present. Part III, Vol. 1: Dustjacket with light wear along edges, separated at front and back hinge but connected to block through inside paper. Part III, Vol. 2: Dustjacket with some wear along edges and separated from block. Back cover present but loose. Part III, Vol. 3: Dustjacket front and back separated from block with light wear along edges, small chips and closed tears. Some light water-staining along top and along front spine. Dustjackets in overall poor to good, blocks in very good condition, except first part, vol. 1.