Author: POST, Pieter.
Title: Les ouvrages d'architecture ordonnez par Pierre Post.
Description: Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1715. Folio. 8 parts in one volume, each part with separate title-page. 1. The mansion of Johan Maurits in The Hague (Mauritshuis); 6 pages and 6 double-page plates; 2. The palace of Amalia van Solms (now palace Huis ten Bosch), 8 pages and an engraved frontispice and 8 double-page plates and 3 single-page plates; 3. The house Swanenburg (at Halfweg near Amsterdam), 10 pages and 7 double-page plates (+ one single-page plate loose, with tear restored); 4. Rijxdorp Hall near Wassenaar, 7 pages and 4 double-page plates and 1 single-page plate; 5. City Hall of Maastricht, 12 pages and 10 double-page plates; 6. The Waag (Weighhouse) at Gouda; 5 pages and 5 double-page plates and 2 single-page plates; 7. Vredenburg Mansion in the Beemster polder, 6 pages and 4 double-page (2 folding) plates; 8. Models of different fire-places, (2), 8 pages, engraved title, 11 double-page plates and 2 single-page plates. These parts are preceded by a general title-page and engraved title-page, an engraved dedication leaf to Willem van Wassenaar, half-title and title, and four pages introduction and indexes. Quarter-calf. (spine repaired; covers chafed; first 5 leaves wrinkled; some age-toning; a few leaves slightly frayed; a few marginal tears; some small repairs; the large portrait of Johan Maurits is not present) Main works of Pieter Post, favorite architect of the Princes of Orange. Sumptuous edition, with in total 55 double-page and 9 single-page plates, depicting highlights of Dutch Classicism.

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