E. Viollet-Le-Duc - How to Build a House

London , Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle , 1874. Cloth. The first English translated edition of French architect Viollet-le-Duc's architectural novelette. The first English translated edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with a monochrome frontispiece, nine monochrome plates and numerous illustrations throughout. Collated complete.Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc restored some of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France, including Notre-Dame de Paris, Mont Saint-Michel, Sainte-Chapelle and the medieval walls of Carcassonne.This 'Architectural Novelette' frames his step-by-step instructions for building a house using conversations between the characters, and was written and illustrated by Viollet-le-Duc in two months. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A few marks to the boards. Internally, loosening in places but firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Ink inscription to verso of frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Viollet-le-Duc. Very Good .

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