60. [Architecture]
BRISEUX, Charles-Étienne
2 vol., 4to; front. and 136 pl. (text n.c., occ. foxing, occ. pl. sl. browned, some pl. cut short).
19th-c. half red shagreen, red buckram covers, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, brown spr. edges (sl. rubbed, def. to head of vol. I, lack of cloth on front cover).
First edition, complete with the front. showing the "Temple de l'Architecture" by Moreau and the 260 numb. plates by Moreau, Marquade and Mutel after Briseux, some fold., of mainly plans and elevations.
Ref. Fowler 68. - Cohen 189. - Cp. Kat Berlin 2401 (1761 ed.). - Not in Cicognara.
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