Les dix livres d'architecture. Corrigez et traduits nouvellement en françois [...].

Paris, J.-B. Coignard, 1684

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Lot description

Folio: [20 incl. front.]-354-[15] pp. (2 tiny wormholes in first part, corner f. 3C restored, few spots, occ. soiling in bl. margins).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (head sl. damaged, corners sl. bumped, boards very lightly rubbed).

Second French translation (1st transl. 1673) of Vitruvius' famous work on architecture with commentaries by Claude Perrault (1613-1688). Ill. with a front., 68 engr. pl. (half-, full-, or double-page) depicting caryatids, plans, elevations, views of buildings, orders, etc., numerous in-text woodcuts, 2 engr. headpieces and 1 endpiece.
Ref. Cicognara 730. - Kat. Berlin 1818. - Not in Fowler.
Prov. Mod. bookpl.