Briseux, Charles-Etienne
L'art de bâtir des maisons de campagne, où l'on traite de leur distribution, de leur construction, & de leur décoration
Paris, Prault, 1743. 2 vols in-4, full calf with arms, spine with 5 ornamented nerves, title-pieces and tomaison.
T1: XVI -162 pp. T2: XII -196 pp.
Copy with the arms of Graff zu Wolkenstein and Trostburg.
First edition of this treatise by the architect C.-E. Briseux (circa 1680 --1754) which was his main work. 260 plates engraved on copper. Faithful testimony to the Louis XV style.
Fowler, 68; Berlin Kat., 2401; Millard, I, 41