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Blondel (Jacques-François) De la Distribution des

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et de la Decoration des Edifices en General, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, lacking half-titles, with engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, engraved head- & tail-pieces by Cochin and initials, 153 engraved plates and plans only (of 155, lacking plates 34 & 42 in vol.1), mostly by the author, many folding, light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, plate 22 in vol.1 torn, a few others frayed at edges, old ink signatures on front free endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, worn, joints split, [Berlin Kat. 2400; Fowler 49; Millard I 25], 4to, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-38.

***The first book by Blondel who greatly influenced architecture in France, and indeed Europe in general, during the period that experienced the flourishing of the Rococo and the beginnings of Neo-Classicism. This book concerned the country house, its decoration and gardens..

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