Description
Composite volume of plates in series by Cottart, Marot, Le Pautre, Bernardino Radi, Antoine Pierretez, Alexis Loire, Paul Androuet de Cerceau and De Rossi. Paris & Rome: 17th century. Folio, contemporary vellum, binding slightly soiled [BAL RIBA 724, 2047, 1839, 1833, 2539, 106]; Langlois, Nicolas, publisher A collection of 8 works in one volume, by L. Francard, J.H. Mansart, P. Le Pautre, P. Bullet and P. Cottart. Paris: c. 1690 or later, folio, later nineteenth-century morocco-backed boards, some soiling to plates, lacking head of spine, upper joint split; Francini, Alessandro Livre d'architecture contenant plusieurs portiques de differentes inventions sur le cinq ordres de colonnes. Paris: Melchior Tavernier, 1640. Second edition, folio, engraved architectural portrait, 39 engraved plates, contemporary vellum, some dampstaining and fraying, an early gathering becoming loose [cf. BAL RIBA 1124] (3)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of Prince and Princess Henry De la Tour d'Auverge Lauraguais