Androuet du Cerceau, Le premier (-second) volume des plus excellents bastiments de France, Paris, 1576, vellum

From the library of the Earls of Haddington

ANDROUET DU CERCEAU, JACQUES

Le premier (-second) volume des plus excellents bastiments de France. Paris: for the author, 1576-1579

2 volumes in one, folio (388 x 277mm.), woodcut initials and headpieces, 54 (of 64) and 60 (of 61) double-page engraved plates, contemporary limp vellum, lacking 11 plates, inscriptions erased from title-page, 6 plates frayed at edges and laid down; sold as a collection of plates not subject to return

FIRST EDITIONS. Androuet du Cerceau's work contains numerous detailed views and plans of various châteaux, some of which no longer exist or have been substantially altered since the sixteenth century.

LITERATURE:

BAL RIBA 100 & cf. 101 (1607 edition of the second volume)

PROVENANCE:

Charles St Clair of Hermistoun, armorial bookplate

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