Le Vignole moderne, ou Traité élémentaire d'architecture ou sont expliqués les accessoires aux ordres de J.B. de Vignole, dédié et présenté à monseigneur le Comte d'Artois.

3 parts in one vol.; 105 (of 108) pl. (3 pl. missing: pl. 3 & 4 in 1st part, pl. 19 in 3rd part, text n.c., folds of some pl. weak or partly torn, occ. spotting).

Contemp. sheep, spine with raised bands (front joint starting to split, some scratches to boards).

First edition of this architectural work composed by Lucotte and based on the ideas of the Italian architect Giacomo da Vignola (1507-1573), who dominated Italian Mannerist architectural design. Engr. ill.: 108 full-page numb. pl. (34, 35, 36) incl. 3 orn. titles and some folding pl. showing e.g. Corinthic, Doric and Ionic pillars.
Ref. Berlin Kat. 2430.