Lot Essay
The second part of the work, with additional engraved title by Gregoire Huret, contains Le Muet's L'Art de bien Bastir. Quire M in part 2 consists partly of plates, partly of text beginning on M3 (p. 167). Fowler calls for 8 leaves in the quire, our copy contains only 7. However, there is no clear indication that any plates are lacking, while the page numbering is continuous. Fowler calls for 16 pages of plates, numbered 1-15, between pp. 166-167; our copy has the 16 pages, though the final plate is blank with a border only and not numbered, so the plates are, in fact, only numbered up to 14.