Live auction - Lot 429
Précis des leçons d'architecture [...].
DURAND, Jean Nicolas Louis
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
Paris, F. Didot, 1817-1821
4 parts in 3 vol., folio: [2]-127, [4]-104,[2] 72 pp. (some foxing).
Contemp. marbl. calf ruled with a gilt roll-stamp, gilt orn. flat spine with gilt title (def. at right bottom corners of first 2 vol.).
The standard textbook for architectural students at the École Polytechnique of Paris with a focus on (neo-)classicist architectural design. Enriched with 98 engr. double-page plates by Charles Normand. This 3rd edition (1st. ed. 1802-1805) includes an additional vol. (published a few years later, in a different binding) with 34 double-page pl. of architectural designs.
Ref. Fowler 112. - Not in Berlin Kat.