Author: PATTE Pierre :
Title: Mémoires sur les objets les plus importans de l'architecture.
Description: .: Paris, chez Rozet, 1769. 4to. viii + 376 pp. + 27 engraved plates (25 folding). Engraved vignette on title. Contemporary mottled calf, raised gilt back, red leather title label. Fine copy, with only a tear at the head cap. Contemporary manuscript ex-libris 'appt (appartenant) a Prott 1770' . First edition of this important and comprehensive work on construction and townplanning, including the laying-out of streets, construction of foundations, drains, the use of fountains, etc. Fowler 242. Berlin Cat. 2426.. .

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