Jean-Charles KRAFFT. Collection of Civil Architecture, conta - Lot 130

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Jean-Charles KRAFFT. Collection of Civil Architecture, conta - Lot 130
Jean-Charles KRAFFT. Collection of Civil Architecture, containing plans, sections, and elevations of castles, country houses, and rural dwellings, English gardens, temples, thatched cottages, gazebos, bridges, etc. Paris: Crapelet, Bance, 1812. - Antoine-Marie PEYRE. Architectural Designs. Paris: the author, Firmin-Didot, etc., 1812. Two works in one folio volume, brown half-calf with corner pieces, smooth spine with decoration (20th-century binding). Avery, 775 / Brunet, III-694 / Millard, 140 /// (1f.)-22, 121 plates // 6, 13 plates // 80 plates // 11 plates A collection of two works and two series of engravings devoted to civil architecture. The first volume, published in 20 installments between 1806 and 1807, features a frontispiece engraved by Boutroy after Belanger and 120 plates after Krafft, most of which were engraved by Boullay. Plates 98–99 and 119–120 are printed on the same double sheet. Following this volume, the following were bound together: - Peyre’s work, illustrated with 13 plates, including 5 double-page plates; - a series of 80 unsigned plates (numbered 1 through 78, with plates 30 bis and 30 ter; plates 20–21 are printed on the same sheet); - a series of 11 plates engraved by Duruisseau after Delafosse. Krafft: foxing and soiling, particularly at the beginning of the volume; the frontispiece and last plate have been restored; the unsigned series; 3 plates have been restored; Delafosse: very heavily foxed.
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