A Century of Arts and Crafts Education

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GUILLET (Léon) / ECOLE CENTRALE DES ARTS ET MANUFACTURES. A comprehensive account of the school's first hundred years (1829-1929), including festivities reports from May 1929. Published in Paris by M. de Brunoff, 1929. Two volumes, large format (24.4 x 31.5 cm), percaline binding, gilt top edge (worn), rounded corners, interior well preserved, attractive covers retained, 528 pages with some in-text illustrations, 80 out-of-text plates (+ 4 duplicates), and 142 additional pages with numerous in-text illustrations, vignettes, and full pages. Covers history, administration, recruitment, teaching, student life, central works and creations, roles in science and industry, impacts during wars, and support from industry; richly illustrated with plans, facsimiles, and photos; includes name index...