1684 Architecture VITRUVIUS Ten Books 2nd Ed Enlightenment Renaissance Engraving

by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Claude Perrault

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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } LES DIX LIVRES D'ARCHITECTURE DE VITRUVE CORRIGEZ ET TRADVITS nouvellement en François, avec des notes & des figures Seconde Edition revue, corrigee, & augmentee. Par Claude Perrault (Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture - Marcus Vitruvius Pollio) Published by Jean Baptiste Coignard, Paris, 1684. Second edition, revised and expanded. French Text. Very good hardcover in contemporary buckram binding. Excellent cover, tight binding, solid spine, exceptionally clean and fresh copy with few internal tears and minimal age spotting to pages, traces of old worming from page 313 to end is above the text block, several misnumbered pages (177-180, 226, 227 & 341) but text is complete, no writing or marking to text. Gilt titling to spine. Folio (16.5” x 11”), illustrated with numerous copperplate engravings throughout, including architectural diagrams, building plans, and decorative elements. Frontispiece by S. Le Clerc, title page, 16 pages for the Epistle and the Preface + 354 pages + 15 pages for the table of contents, 65 roman numbered plates, plus 3 plates. Claude Perrault's landmark French translation of Vitruvius stands as one of the most influential architectural texts of the Enlightenment, a work that fundamentally shaped European architectural theory and practice for generations. Perrault—physician, anatomist, and architect of the eastern façade of the Louvre—produced this translation under the patronage

• Publisher: Jean Baptiste Coignard
• Year: 1684
• Condition: Very Good

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