Cours d'architecture qui comprend les ordres de Vignole, avec des commentaires, les figures & descriptions de ses plus beaux bâtimens, & ceux de Michel-Ange [...]. Revû et augmenté de plusieurs dessins et préceptes conformes à l'usage présent, et d'un grand nombre de termes et de remarques [- Explications des termes d'architecture [...]].

Paris, J. Mariette, 1720

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Lot description

2 vol., 4to: [88 incl. front.]-xii-355 [= 385], [4 incl. front.]-357/920 pp.; 55 pl. (some min. dampst. in upper marg. of begin. of vol. I, some spotting).

Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands (heads and tails missing, rubbed, corners bumped).

Later enlarged ed. (1st 1691) of d'Aviler's (1653-1700) classic manual. Illustrated with 2 frontispieces by Langlois after Boulogne, and by Mariette after Corneille, 140 plates (85 full-page ill., 54 double and 1 fold.), 1 in-text and 1 armorial headpiece at dedication. Vol. II describes several architectural terms. Text ruled.
Ref. Berlin Kat. 2390. - Brunet II:540. - Cp. Cohen 108 (ed. 1738), Cicognara 406 (ed. 1756) and Fowler (other ed.).