Les Regles du Dessein et du Lavis, pour les Plan Particuliers des Ouvrages & des Bâtimens, & pour leur Coupes, Profils, Elévations & Façades, tant de l’Architecture militaire que civile.
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1754.
Price: $1,000.00
About the item
Nouvelle edition. 24 folding engraved plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with leather label, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Berlin Catalogue 2544 (1755 ed.); Fowler p, 58 (1755 ed.).
Item #264962
Preceded by the very scarce editions of 1721 and 1722, this is a beautiful copy of drawing book on architectural drawing, including techniques of wash drawing, with the unsigned engraved plates showing instruments scales and symbols to be used on drawings, plans, and maps.
