Architecture.- [Briseux (Charles-Etienne)] Architecture

Architecture.- [Briseux (Charles-Etienne)] Architecture moderne ou L'art de bien batir pour toutes sortes de personnes tant pour les maisons des particuliers que pour les palais, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece to vol.1, additional double-page decorative title to vol.2 and 150 plates, of which 144 in vol.2, sometimes 2 or 3 to a single sheet, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, approbation f., p.38 short tear at head, without loss, water-staining at head, mostly marginal, spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, bookplates of Bibliothèque Demondesir, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines in compartments and with double leather labels, some gilt restored, rubbed, [Fowler 67; Millard French Books, 40], 4to, Paris, Claude Jombert, 1728 [additional title of vol.2 dated 1729].

⁂ 'In contrast to earlier works on the architectural theory, which were mainly concerned with theoretical discussions of the orders and related problems of proportioning or ornamentation, this treatise is concerned only with material related to practical problems of planning and construction' (Millard).