BLONDEL, JACQUES FRANÇOIS. De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la Décoration des edifices en general. Paris l737. 2 vols., 4to, 282 x 209mm. (11 1/16 x 8 1/4in.), modern speckled half calf, gilt spines, edges stained red, lightly rubbed at joints and extremities, text and plates browned, scattered stains, vol. 1 half-title lacking, vol.2 half-title and a leaf with errata for both vols. misbound in index (between pp. 178-179), several plates with minor stains or spotting. FIRST EDITION, First issue of the text (with errata uncorrected), Second issue of the frontispiece in vol. 1, title-pages in red and black, 155 engraved plates (of which 54 folding), mostly by Blondel, the allegorical frontispiece by Soubeyran after Cochin fils, some head- and tail-pieces also after Cochin. Fowler 49. Early inscription of Bathelmi Digneffe on flyleaf of vol. 2. (2) | Christie's

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BLONDEL, JACQUES FRANÇOIS. De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la Décoration des edifices en general. Paris l737. 2 vols., 4to, 282 x 209mm. (11 1/16 x 8 1/4in.), modern speckled half calf, gilt spines, edges stained red, lightly rubbed at joints and extremities, text and plates browned, scattered stains, vol. 1 half-title lacking, vol.2 half-title and a leaf with errata for both vols. misbound in index (between pp. 178-179), several plates with minor stains or spotting. FIRST EDITION, First issue of the text (with errata uncorrected), Second issue of the frontispiece in vol. 1, title-pages in red and black, 155 engraved plates (of which 54 folding), mostly by Blondel, the allegorical frontispiece by Soubeyran after Cochin fils, some head- and tail-pieces also after Cochin. Fowler 49. Early inscription of Bathelmi Digneffe on flyleaf of vol. 2. (2)

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BLONDEL, JACQUES FRANÇOIS. De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la Décoration des edifices en general. Paris l737. 2 vols., 4to, 282 x 209mm. (11 1/16 x 8 1/4in.), modern speckled half calf, gilt spines, edges stained red, lightly rubbed at joints and extremities, text and plates browned, scattered stains, vol. 1 half-title lacking, vol.2 half-title and a leaf with errata for both vols. misbound in index (between pp. 178-179), several plates with minor stains or spotting. FIRST EDITION, First issue of the text (with errata uncorrected), Second issue of the frontispiece in vol. 1, title-pages in red and black, 155 engraved plates (of which 54 folding), mostly by Blondel, the allegorical frontispiece by Soubeyran after Cochin fils, some head- and tail-pieces also after Cochin. Fowler 49. Early inscription of Bathelmi Digneffe on flyleaf of vol. 2. (2)