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London: Thames and Hudson, 1957. 1st English Edition.Text by Rayner Heppenstall and a Preface by Le CorbusierThe book's main selling point is Lucien Hervé's classic black-and-white photos, first published in 1956, of the Abbey Le Thoronet. Le Thoronet Abbey, one of the wonders of twelfth-century Cistercian architecture and still revered by architects today, nestles in a wooded valley in Provence, South of France. This book is a pictorial appreciation of the abbey, photographed by Lucien Hervé in the mid-1950s and introduced by Le Corbusier.Turquoise cloth hard cover book is in very good clean condition with a little signs of wear around the edges. Previous owner's inscription inside 2nd page in ink dated 1960.Dust jacket has many tears and has been mended with tape.