VITRUVIUS. The Ten Books on Architecture. Second edition, re
VITRUVIUS. The Ten Books on Architecture. Second edition, revised, corrected, and expanded. Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1684. Folio, red half-maroquin, decorated spine, green title label (modern binding). Second edition of the French translation by Claude Perrault (1613–1688), brother of the famous author of *Les Contes*. This version was first published in 1673 by the same publisher. It is illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by Sébastien Le Clerc and 65 engraved plates within the text. On the title page, an old handwritten bookplate reading “Joan. Jos. La Monstre” and a wet seal belonging to an architect (late 19th century). The copy is in a modern binding, with the spine decorated in the 18th-century style. Pages 29–32 have been rebound twice; there is a repaired tear at the bottom of folio Yy2, and light, uniform foxing on a few folios. Appraiser: Mr. Dominique Courvoisier
[ translate ]VITRUVIUS. The Ten Books on Architecture. Second edition, revised, corrected, and expanded. Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1684. Folio, red half-maroquin, decorated spine, green title label (modern binding). Second edition of the French translation by Claude Perrault (1613–1688), brother of the famous author of *Les Contes*. This version was first published in 1673 by the same publisher. It is illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by Sébastien Le Clerc and 65 engraved plates within the text. On the title page, an old handwritten bookplate reading “Joan. Jos. La Monstre” and a wet seal belonging to an architect (late 19th century). The copy is in a modern binding, with the spine decorated in the 18th-century style. Pages 29–32 have been rebound twice; there is a repaired tear at the bottom of folio Yy2, and light, uniform foxing on a few folios. Appraiser: Mr. Dominique Courvoisier
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