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BLONDEL, Jacques Franois (1705-1774). Cours d'architecture ou trait de la dcoration, distribution & construction des btiments. Paris: Desaint, 1771-1774.
12 volumes in 9 (6 text volumes, 3 plate volumes), 8o (text volumes: 190 x 126 mm; plate volumes: 240 x 145 mm). Half-titles in Vols. 1, 4 and 5, final errata in Vol. 1, privilege leaf in Vol. 2, 372 engraved plates (of 377) including two bis plates, many folding (plates IV:9, V:29 defective, some plates slightly soiled). Contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt (minor losses to heads of spines); slipcases.
FIRST EDITION of the 'Petit Blondel', continued after the author's death by his pupil Pierre Patte (1723-1812) and containing "his entire lifetime experience as an architect and a teacher" (Millard). Berlin Cat. 2429; Fowler 51; Millard 29. (9)
12 volumes in 9 (6 text volumes, 3 plate volumes), 8
FIRST EDITION of the 'Petit Blondel', continued after the author's death by his pupil Pierre Patte (1723-1812) and containing "his entire lifetime experience as an architect and a teacher" (Millard). Berlin Cat. 2429; Fowler 51; Millard 29. (9)