L13410

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Lot 52
  • 52

French architecture

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 10 volumes, including:
  • paper
Briseux, C.E. L'art de bâtir des maisons de campagne. Paris, 1743, 2 vol., 4to, half-titles, engraved frontispiece and 260 numbered engraved plates, many double-page, contemporary calf, spines gilt, occasional browning or offsetting, binding very slightly rubbed

Jombert, C.A. Architecture moderne. Paris, 1764, 2 vol., 4to, engraved additional titles and 152 plates, many folding, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, uncut, occasional browning, bindings slightly rubbed



Traité des bâtiments propres à loger les animaux. Leipzig, 1802, folio, 50 engraved plates, original boards, uncut, binding somewhat worn



and 5 others (list available from the Book Department or at www.sothebys.com), including Calmet's Suite des portraits des ducs et duchesses de la maison royale de Lorraine (1762)

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

Arenberg, Ernest d'. Essai d'une nouvelle méthode de fortification regulière pour la defense des grandes places de guerre. 1822
Diderot. Extract only - Mosaique, plate list and 5 plates
Diderot. Extract only - Antiquites, plate list and 11 plates
Mavelot. Livre des chiffres. Paris, no date [c.1685]
Calmet, A. Suite des portraits des ducs et duchesses de la maison royale de Lorraine, 1762