Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682) Oeuvres d'Architecture. Paris: Jombert, 1751-1753. Three folio volumes, first Jombert edition, added engraved titles in each, volume one illustrated with 248 full-paged plates and twenty-four folding (272 in total); volume two illustrated with 238 full-paged plates and twenty-six folding plates (264 in total); volume three illustrated with 207 full-paged and thirty-eight folding plates (245 in total), for a grand total of approximately 781 illustrations (this work appears with varying numbers of plates, this copy is likely lacking a few found in other copies); the set bound in uniform contemporary sponge-decorated French calf with elegantly gilt-decorated spines, nicely preserved, with endcaps almost indetectably repaired, 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (3)
Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682) Oeuvres d'Architecture. Paris: Jombert, 1751-1753. Three folio volumes, first Jombert edition, added engraved titles in each, volume one illustrated with 248 full-paged plates and twenty-four folding (272 in total); volume two illustrated with 238 full-paged plates and twenty-six folding plates (264 in total); volume three illustrated with 207 full-paged and thirty-eight folding plates (245 in total), for a grand total of approximately 781 illustrations (this work appears with varying numbers of plates, this copy is likely lacking a few found in other copies); the set bound in uniform contemporary sponge-decorated French calf with elegantly gilt-decorated spines, nicely preserved, with endcaps almost indetectably repaired, 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (3)
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