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Title: Modèles de Menuiserie choisis parmi ce que Paris offre de plus nouveau, de plus remarquable et de meilleur gout; accompagnés de détails et. développemens qui doivent en faciliter l'exécution; suivie d'un abrégé de l'art du menuisier, et d'un Traité des Escaliers.
Description: .: Paris, chez Bance Ainé, rue Saint-Denis, 182(5), in-folio, 41 x 28 cm, (6) + 24 pp + engraved title + 73 engraved plates, contemporary half roan with marbled boards, smooth back with red title label, ex-libris ''Mathesis Scientiarum Genitrix - Leiden (Holland)'', printed label on front cover, some marginal foxing on engraved title, upper margin of the plates with a light waterstain, a very nice copy. Rare early 19th century Parisian publication on carpentry with designs which were engraved by leading French engravers such as Normand, Thierry, Hibon & Olivier. This edition not in Berlin Catalogue. Universal Catalogue of Books on Art vol.I pp. 197 (first edition). There were re-editions in 1836 & 1855. .

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