Author: Dürer, Albert (Albrecht); A. (Alexandre) Ratheau.
Title: Instruction sur la fortification des villes, bourgs et chateaux. Traduit de l'allemand & précédé d'une Introduction historique & critique.
Description: Paris, Charles Tanera, 1870. Hardcover. Small folio 37x24 cm. Pp. xxi, 75 (verso blank), (5) (verso blank). Plus 10 double-page leaves of plates tipped-in at end with a total of 30 engraved illustrations. Printed on fine laid paper with manufacture's armorial watermark. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome contemporary royal blue pebbled calf and matching marbled boards, spine with raised band, gilt lettering in second compartment, gilt fleurons in remainders, publishing place and date in gilt at foot of spine, marbled endpapers, cloth ribbon marker; corners rubbed. In fine condition. Excellent, very wide-margined copy. ~ French edition. Extremely rare. Dürer's famous treatise on the fortification of towns, villages and castles, was published in 1527 as "Etliche Unterricht, zur Befestigung der Städte, Schlösser und Flecken". Translated from the German by Alexandre Ratheau who contributed an extended introduction which examines Dürer's work in historical perspective. Ratheau is also responsible for the fine illustrations in the book, engraved and printed in Paris. "The book goes beyond being an instruction manual on the design of a fortified city. Dürer's plan was functional, pragmatic, and socially responsible, and the purpose of its design was to improve the status and lifestyle of German artisans." - Tessa Morrison: "Albrecht Dürer and the Ideal City" (Parergon 2014). See also: Tessa Morrison: "Unbuilt Utopian Cities 1460 to 1900: Reconstructing their Architecture and Political Philosopy." (Ashgate, 2015). Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Alexandre-Felix Ratheau (1822-1882). G-3 .

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