François COINTERAUX] CAILLAT et DURAND, notaires, JARRY et NAU, notaires, Minutes d'actes notariés: "Vente à sieur François Cointeraux"; "Ratification faite par Mademoiselle Eleonor Fauconnnet"; "Licitation Vve Fauconnet",1770-1772 Set of 3 in-4° documents relating to François Cointeraux, pioneer of adobe construction in the late 18th century: "Vente", 6f.; "Ratification", 2f°; "Licitation", 4p. written in fine handwriting on a sheet of parchment, Cointeraux's handwritten note on the cover: "Licitation du 8eme de maison que j'ai fait avec ma tante Liotard. Passé à Paris, le 2 juin 1772". Moving unpublished documents concerning the legacy of the young Cointeraux, whose work in adobe, among other things, was pioneering. Several of Cointeraux's works are available here.

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