Maniere de bien bastir pour toutes sortes de personnes.
Contenant les moyens d'elever des bastimens de toutes grandeurs, d'y faire tous les ornemens, commoditez & détachemens qui s'y peuvent souhaiter. Ensemble des desseins pour bastir regulierement sur toute sorte de place.
Par Pierre Le Muet ...

Description

Main Author

Le Muet, Pierre, 1591-1669.

Related Names

Jollain, Franc̦ois, 1641-1704.
Le Pautre, Jean, 1618-1682.
Marot, Jean, 1619?-1679.
Tavernier, Melchior, -1641.

Language(s)

French

Published

A Paris, Chez Franc̜ois Jollain..., 1681.

Edition

Reveuë, augmentée & enrichie en cette edition, de plusieurs figures, plans, & elevations des plus beaux bastimens & edifices de France.

Subjects

Architecture > Architecture / 17th century.
Architecture, Domestic > Architecture, Domestic / France > Architecture, Domestic / France / Early works to 1800.
Architecture > Architecture / Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Engravings / France > Engravings / France / 17th century.

Note

Pt. 1 comprises added engraved title leaf, letterpress pages [1]-11, [12] (the last blank), 75 single-page engraved plates. The engraver was probably Melchior Tavernier, printer of the 1st ed.; see Mauban. Pt. 2 comprises etched title leaf, 9 single-page plates (numbered 1-8, 25), 22 double-page plates (numbered 9-24, 26-31). The etched title leaf is signed Le Pautre (i.e. Jean Le Pautre), and the 31 plates are by Jean Marot, whose signature appear on the 25th; see Mauban.
Added engr. title: Maniere de bastir pour touttes sortes de personne... reueüe et augmatee, en cette seconde edition, de plusieurs figures de tresbeaux bastimans... de ljnuention et conduite dudit S.r P. Le Müet, et autres.
Pt. 1 first published in 1623, pt. 2 in 1647. See Mauban.

Physical Description

2 pts. in 1 v. illus. plates (part fold.) plans. 43 cm. (fol.)

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