Author: Demanet, A. (Armand).
Title: Cours de construction professé à l'École Militaire de Bruxelles (1843 à 1847), I-II. [AND:] Atlas. [THREE VOLUMES].
Description: Bruxelles, Société typographique belge, 1847-50. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. Comprising of 2 text volumes and one atlas of plate. I-II. Text: Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. 548; 560. Plus 7 lithographic plates and 2 large folding tables, one with neat repair on verso; III. Atlas: Oblong imperial folio. Comprising of 57 large (31x50 cm) lithographic plates with multiple images to each. With lithographic title-page. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in fine contemporary navy blue calf and marbled boards, spines with gilt tooled raised bands, gilt lettering, fleurons embossed in blind, marbled endpapers. Minor rubbing to extremities, old inscription to title-page of atlas. In fine condition. Excellent set. ~ FIRST EDITION. Rare complete set. Contrary to any other copy that we handled in the past, this set has the atlas in imperial folio size which allows to all the wonderful plates to remain flat and unfolded as issued. Armand Demanet (1805-1865). Jordan 0872 (erratically replacing "Bruxelles" with "Bruges"); Pohler 709. X-5 + H-1 .

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