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Jean RONDELET, Traité théorique et pratique de l'art de bâtir. Paris, chez l'auteur, enclos du panthéon, an XI [1802]-1817 6 vols. and 1 atlas in-4°: [t.1, 1802] XXVIII-448 pages, 14 folding plates (1st issue: XXVIII-216 p. and pl. I-III (3 pl.), 2nd issue: p. 217-448 and pl. IV-XIV (11 pl.). Two documents added after the title ("Nécrologie" by A. L. T. Vaudoyer, 4p. in-8° and "Discours nécrologique" by Louis Pierre Baltard, 4p. in-4°); [t.2, 1804] 349 p., 53 folding plates (3rd issue: p. 1-172 and plates XV-XXXVII (23 plates), 4th issue: p. 173-349 and plates XXXVIII-LXVII (23 plates)); [t.3, 1805] 349 p. and 25 folding plates (5th issue: p.1-172 and pl. LXVIII-LXXXXII (25 pl. including one bis)); [t.4, 1810] framework first part, p. 1-382 and 7 folding plates; [t.5, 1814] framework second part, p383-562 and 31 folding plates including 2 bis (pl CLII-9-CLXXX); [t.6, 1817] framework third part p.563-886; 93 p. and 8 folding plates (pl. A-H); [t.7, atlas of plates XCIII-CLII] 60 plates of t. 4, 5 and 6 In all 184 plates, most of them folding. Bound in blond half-calf, smooth spine, gilt fillets and title. A fine copy. Very rare and sought-after first edition. As announced by the author, "this work should not be considered as a simple compilation of what is found scattered in various authors who have written on architecture; it is a work on a new plan, which is the result of more than thirty years of study, experiment and research into all parts of the art of building, both in ancient authors, many passages of which have been misinterpreted by translators and commentators, and through particular observations on ancient and modern constructions, which I had occasion to make on several journeys, including one to Italy at the expense of the Government, during the years 1783 and 1784" A fascinating book on architecture, covering both the styles and design of ancient and modern monuments and buildings, as well as very practical aspects such as plasters, cements, bricks, carpentry, etc. Rondelet is best known for having overseen the construction of the Pantheon on Mont Ste Geneviève, as Soufflot's pupil and then successor. His Treatise was so successful that it was published and expanded throughout the 19th century. See n°174 to 177.
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Jean RONDELET, Traité théorique et pratique de l'art de bâtir. Paris, chez l'auteur, enclos du panthéon, an XI [1802]-1817 6 vols. and 1 atlas in-4°: [t.1, 1802] XXVIII-448 pages, 14 folding plates (1st issue: XXVIII-216 p. and pl. I-III (3 pl.), 2nd issue: p. 217-448 and pl. IV-XIV (11 pl.). Two documents added after the title ("Nécrologie" by A. L. T. Vaudoyer, 4p. in-8° and "Discours nécrologique" by Louis Pierre Baltard, 4p. in-4°); [t.2, 1804] 349 p., 53 folding plates (3rd issue: p. 1-172 and plates XV-XXXVII (23 plates), 4th issue: p. 173-349 and plates XXXVIII-LXVII (23 plates)); [t.3, 1805] 349 p. and 25 folding plates (5th issue: p.1-172 and pl. LXVIII-LXXXXII (25 pl. including one bis)); [t.4, 1810] framework first part, p. 1-382 and 7 folding plates; [t.5, 1814] framework second part, p383-562 and 31 folding plates including 2 bis (pl CLII-9-CLXXX); [t.6, 1817] framework third part p.563-886; 93 p. and 8 folding plates (pl. A-H); [t.7, atlas of plates XCIII-CLII] 60 plates of t. 4, 5 and 6 In all 184 plates, most of them folding. Bound in blond half-calf, smooth spine, gilt fillets and title. A fine copy. Very rare and sought-after first edition. As announced by the author, "this work should not be considered as a simple compilation of what is found scattered in various authors who have written on architecture; it is a work on a new plan, which is the result of more than thirty years of study, experiment and research into all parts of the art of building, both in ancient authors, many passages of which have been misinterpreted by translators and commentators, and through particular observations on ancient and modern constructions, which I had occasion to make on several journeys, including one to Italy at the expense of the Government, during the years 1783 and 1784" A fascinating book on architecture, covering both the styles and design of ancient and modern monuments and buildings, as well as very practical aspects such as plasters, cements, bricks, carpentry, etc. Rondelet is best known for having overseen the construction of the Pantheon on Mont Ste Geneviève, as Soufflot's pupil and then successor. His Treatise was so successful that it was published and expanded throughout the 19th century. See n°174 to 177.
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