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Livres d'art, otherwise referred to as livres de galerie, are books in which the illustration holds a predominant place in relation to the text. They often require high quality papers as they belong i
"Découvertes Gallimard", a collection of monographs published like art books.
Angkor: Heart of an Asian Empire is a 1989 illustrated monograph on the archaeology and rediscovery of Angkor Wat. Written by the French archaeologist and art historian, Bruno Dagens, and published in
First French edition
From left: US and UK editions. The covers featuring Angkor Thom Gate by French illustrator Philippe Munch, after an engraving by Louis Delaporte.
Lucien Fournereau, Angkor Wat (pp. 4–5). Ink and watercolour, March 1889. Bibliothèque de l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.