Mandar (Charles François Études d'Architecture Civile, second, enlarged edition, 122 engraved plates including double-page plan, with corrections by the author in pencil or ink (one or two pasted in) and errata leaf crossed out and with note by him at foot, light foxing, plate 122 a little browned, old ink stamp and inscriptions at beginning, contemporary sheep-backed boards, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with green morocco label, folio, Paris, 1826. ⁂ Originally published as a teaching guide for the author's students at the École Royale des Ponts et Chaussées in 1818, in an edition of only 250 copies, this work concentrates on the design of a single country house. This edition has been enlarged to contain extensive details of the garden, orangery, ice house etc. and includes a flushing lavatory and casement window openings. There are only 3 copies listed on COPAC (BL, V & A and Cambridge).
Mandar (Charles François Études d'Architecture Civile, second, enlarged edition, 122 engraved plates including double-page plan, with corrections by the author in pencil or ink (one or two pasted in) and errata leaf crossed out and with note by him at foot, light foxing, plate 122 a little browned, old ink stamp and inscriptions at beginning, contemporary sheep-backed boards, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with green morocco label, folio, Paris, 1826. ⁂ Originally published as a teaching guide for the author's students at the École Royale des Ponts et Chaussées in 1818, in an edition of only 250 copies, this work concentrates on the design of a single country house. This edition has been enlarged to contain extensive details of the garden, orangery, ice house etc. and includes a flushing lavatory and casement window openings. There are only 3 copies listed on COPAC (BL, V & A and Cambridge).
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