(LASSUS, Bernard). BANN, Stephen, Christophe BAYLE et. al.   LE JARDIN DES TUILERIES DE BERNARD LASSUS.      (London): Coracle Press,   1991.          One of 10 copies "hors commerce" and signed by Lassus on the limitation leaf. A re-examination of Bernard Lassus's imaginative proposal for the restoration or "reinvention" of the Tuileries gardens by taking into account the new axis created by I.M. Pei's Pyramide and the Arche de La Defense. Lassus's plan for altering perspective through "archaelogical" strata of garden history is described in the text in his own words and accompanied by folding plates of his plans. With commentary by Peter Jacobs, John Dixon Hunt, Simon Cutts, Stephen Bann, and Robert B. Riley. Text in French and in English.   8vo (24 x 16.8 cm); 67 pp. with black and white text reproductions of older plans and engravings + 6 plates of contemporary plans (of which 4 are colored).            Original cloth with paper spine label. $300.00

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