Philibert de L'ORME. Architecture… Complete Works comprising - Lot 144

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Philibert de L'ORME. Architecture… Complete Works comprising - Lot 144
Philibert de L'ORME. Architecture… Complete Works comprising eleven books, expanded by two; & other previously unpublished illustrations, both for architectural designs and house decorations; With a clever method for building well, & at low cost. Extremely useful for all architects and master builders in the said art, using the straightedge and compass. Paris, Regnauld, Chaudiere, 1626. Small folio, brown sheepskin decorated with a double frame on the covers featuring azure fleurons, spine with 5 raised bands (contemporary binding). Brunet, II-578 / Millard, 106 /// 348f. Third edition adorned with numerous woodcuts, including a full-page portrait of the author, 107 full-page illustrations, 7 double-page illustrations, one fold-out, frames for the half-title and colophon, and 152 illustrations in the text. The volume also contains 3 fold-out plates separate from the text, each featuring several woodcuts on both sides. Restored binding, foxing and discoloration, wormholes affecting one quire. Handwritten bookplates by J. Stella, painter from Lyon, 1638; P. Mariette, 1683; and Rousset (?), architect.
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