[Oeuvres d'architecture [...].

Sm. folio: 33 pl. (foxing, marg. soiling, dampstaining, sm. marg. holes to some pl.).

Contemp. limp vellum with visible sewing, flat spine, vellum ties (two partly missing).

Collection of 33 plates of architectural designs, mostly representing vases and chimneys. By Le Pautre (1618-1682), famous Parisian architect, draughtsman and engraver, one of the most inventive and prolific artists in the field of architectural ornamentation of the Grand Siècle. Includes 3 engr. titles with the name of P. Mariette as publisher and two with dates 1659 ("Vases à la moderne") and 1661 ("Vases à l'Antique").
Ref. Berlin Kat. 313. - Millard I:97. - Not in Cicognara.
Bound with: 1. Wolff, Jeremias - 6 plates fig. vases (one fold.). Augsburg, s.n., 18th c. - 2. Eysler, Johann Leonhard - Neu Inventirtes Laub und Bandel Werck. Siebender Theil. S.l., J.C. Weigel, 18th c. (same condition but soiling stronger to last pl.). With an engr. title and 5 (of 6) plates of ornaments by Johann Cristoph Weigel. Ref. Berlin Kat. 90.
Prov. Ercole Giambonini, Gandria (Lugano), 1649 (ms. entry).