Author: FéLIBIEN (ANDRé)
Title: Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent. Avec un dictionnaire des termes propres à chacun de ces arts.
Description: Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard. 1690, Second Edition. Full Calf, Quarto. Book measures 26x20.cm. [24],797, title with engraved vignette, engraved head-pieces, initials and 65 full-page illustrations of tools, machinery, workshops etc. with an additional copy of leaf R3 (pp.134-135) with text slightly reset bound in at end, old ink signature of A.Donop to front free endpaper and later ink inscription of the art historian Gilbert R.Redgrave 1868. Bound in period mottled calf, raised bands, ornate gilt tooling. Small gilt arms of Freiherr von Donop to centre of boards. At some time, the spine has been rebacked, preserving the original spine. Some minor abrasion wear. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, occasional spotting. Pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy. Very Good Plus.

Keywords: architecture


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