Blondel, Jacques-Francois (1705-1774) Cours

Blondel, Jacques-Francois (1705-1774)

Cours d'Architecture, ou Traité de la Decoration, Distribution, & Construction des Bâtiments. Paris: Chez Desaint, 1771-1777.Nine volumes (six smaller octavo volumes and three larger octavo plate volumes), bound in very good uniform contemporary gold-tooled marbled reddish morocco, flat spines, decorated with ornate tooling, green lettering pieces, and round onlaid volume numbers, nicely preserved, plate volumes comprise six parts bound in three volumes, including a total of 377 full-page and folding engravings, a nice set, text volumes: 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.; plate volumes 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.Berlin Kat. 2429; Fowler 51; Millard 29; RIBA I 296.