KRAFFT Portes Cochères Paris, Scherff, 1810. In folio in Italian format, title - 8 pp - title - 36 pp (explanation of plates) & 50 plates hors texte (some foxing on the first few leaves) presented in quires. Bound in contemporary half brown basane. Some minor defects. Monographic work on the windows of the great Parisian private mansions. The text, trilingual French - English - German, is dedicated to an international clientele at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. In the text, the author gives the locations and architects of the buildings described. The plates show elevations, sometimes with sections and profiles, giving the reader a very good idea of the actual proportions of the work.

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