Architecture.- Aviler (Augustin Charles d') Cours d'Architecture qui comprend les Ordres de Vignole, handsome contemporary cat's paw calf, Paris, Pierre-Jean Mariette, 1750

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Architecture.- Aviler (Augustin Charles d') Cours d'Architecture qui comprend les Ordres de Vignole, engraved allegorical title, 56 engraved plates (many folding), numerous engraved full-page illustrations, one or two small stains, occasional spotting or light browning but a good clean copy in handsome contemporary cat's paw calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat 2390; cf.Fowler 32 & 33 and Millard, French 14, other editions], 4to, Paris, Pierre-Jean Mariette, 1750. *** Comprehensive architectural text-book first published in 1698, revised by Le Blond in the early 18th century, and greatly revised and enlarged with new designs and ornaments by Mariette in 1738. This 1750 edition was an essential guide for architects of the mid-late 18th century, including plans and elevations of houses and details of doors, windows etc.

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