De La Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance, et de la Decoration des Edifices en General

by Architecture, Jacques-François Blondel

$2,750 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian · No longer available

Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1737-8. Two vols. 4to, title page in red and black, vi, Dedication a Monsieur Turgot, Avis au relieur, Approbation , xvi, 198 pp.; vii, i, Avis au relieur , 180 pp. Numerous head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece by Cochin and 44 plates 42 folding ; Vol. 2 with 111 plates 15 folding . Most of the plates drawn and engraved by Blondel. All text-pages printed within a borderline. Original cats-paw calf, rather worn, joints repaired, vol. 1

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