Live auction - Lot 813
[Architecture]
Traité de l'architecture civile à l'usage des ingénieurs : qui enseigne généralement tout ce-qui concerne la décoration et la distribution des édifices.
The Hague, J. Van Duren, 1740
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
8vo: 151 incl. front.-[9] pp.; 12 pl. (some spotting, bl. edges of pl. sl. frayed and browned).
Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (head and sm. part of spine missing, joints rubbed, corners bumped).
Bound with, same author, place and ed.: Traité de l'architecture militaire qui enseigne la construction de tous les ouvrages de fortification [...]. 1741. [12 incl. engr. title]-166-[2] pp.; 24 pl. (some light dampst. in the upper corner of some pl., occ. spotting). First edition of these 2 theoretical works, part of the collection "Cours de la science militaire à l'usage de l'infanterie, de la cavalerie, de l'artillerie, du génie et de la marine", that appeared between 1740 and 1757. Ill. with a front., an engr. title, 2 identical title-vignettes and 12 fold. pl. (work 1) and 24 fold. pl. (work 2) at the end.
Ref. Cicognara 415 (Architecture civile). - Not in Berlin Kat., Fowler, Brunet, Graesse.