BLONDEL, Jacques François. De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la décoration des edifices en general. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-38. 2 vols. 4o. Title pages printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Cochin, 155 engraved plates, almost all by the author, including 57 folding (lacking half-titles). (Marginal tear to Pl. 15, Vol. 1, crease to Pl. 97, Vol. 2, occasional light offsetting to folding plates.) Contemporary French mottled and diced calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt monogram, morocco lettering pieces (worn at corners and spines, covers of Vol. 2 detached). Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale (armorial bookplates). FIRST EDITION, second issue. The first published work of Blondel, the most significant French architectural educator of the eighteenth century, discussing and illustrating many aspects of the neo-classical country house. Berlin Cat. 2400; Fowler 49. (2)

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BLONDEL, Jacques François. De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la décoration des edifices en general. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-38. 2 vols. 4o. Title pages printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Cochin, 155 engraved plates, almost all by the author, including 57 folding (lacking half-titles). (Marginal tear to Pl. 15, Vol. 1, crease to Pl. 97, Vol. 2, occasional light offsetting to folding plates.) Contemporary French mottled and diced calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt monogram, morocco lettering pieces (worn at corners and spines, covers of Vol. 2 detached). Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale (armorial bookplates). FIRST EDITION, second issue. The first published work of Blondel, the most significant French architectural educator of the eighteenth century, discussing and illustrating many aspects of the neo-classical country house. Berlin Cat. 2400; Fowler 49. (2)

成交价 美元 1,527
成交价 美元 1,527
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BLONDEL, Jacques François. De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la décoration des edifices en general. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-38. 2 vols. 4o. Title pages printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Cochin, 155 engraved plates, almost all by the author, including 57 folding (lacking half-titles). (Marginal tear to Pl. 15, Vol. 1, crease to Pl. 97, Vol. 2, occasional light offsetting to folding plates.) Contemporary French mottled and diced calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt monogram, morocco lettering pieces (worn at corners and spines, covers of Vol. 2 detached). Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale (armorial bookplates). FIRST EDITION, second issue. The first published work of Blondel, the most significant French architectural educator of the eighteenth century, discussing and illustrating many aspects of the neo-classical country house. Berlin Cat. 2400; Fowler 49. (2)