209 - Architecture - Briseux, Charles Etienne, and Charles-Antoine Jombert. *Architecture moderne ou l'art de bien bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes tant pour les maisons des particuliers que pour les palais*. 2 volumes. With 2 frontispieces, 137 copper plates (80 of which are double-sheet size), and 2 text plates. Paris, Jombert 1728–1764. 4 leaves, 96, 59, (1), 44, 60, 74, (2) pp.; 4 leaves, 180 pp. 28 x 22 cm. Contemporary speckled leather bindings with spine label, gilt spine, and marbled endpapers (bound slightly differently; restored on the spine and edges).

Architecture - Briseux, Charles Etienne, and Charles-Antoine Jombert. *Architecture moderne ou l'art de bien bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes tant pour les maisons des particuliers que pour les palais*. 2 volumes. With 2 frontispieces, 137 copper plates (80 of which are double-sheet size), and 2 text plates. Paris, Jombert 1728–1764. 4 leaves, 96, 59, (1), 44, 60, 74, (2) pp.; 4 leaves, 180 pp. 28 x 22 cm. Contemporary speckled leather bindings with spine label, gilt spine, and marbled endpapers (bound slightly differently; restored on the spine and edges). Brunet III, 562 (1764) - Cohen/Ricci 519 (1764) – Fowler Coll. 67 – Lotz 2397, 2398. – Volume 1 is a first edition; Volume 2 is a new edition with revised text, mostly featuring the same engravings as the first edition (Lotz 2398). - The work is attributed to several authors or editors. Brunet: “Jombert merely expanded this work, which is by Briseux.” According to Cicognara (No. 482), Jean Courtonne is the author; Thieme / Becker (V, 29 and VII, 593) name both Briseux and Courtonne as authors. Volume 1 is divided into 5 books: 1. On the Construction and Use of Materials; 2. On the layout of all kinds of spaces; 3. On the method of preparing cost estimates; 4. On the measurement of buildings according to Parisian custom; 5. On the customs and practices concerning buildings and the reports of expert jurors. Volume 2 contains the following with revised text: Book 5. On the customs of Paris concerning buildings; Book 6. On the layout. — The copperplate engravings in Volume 1 depict vaults, roof trusses, lifting tools, and geometric figures; those in Volume 2 consist exclusively of floor plans and elevations of buildings. The text plates include a small view of Paris with the Pont Royal (page 1) and an allegory of architecture (page 89). – Library stamps of the Royal Saxon Artillery Corps and the Saxon Military Academy on the title page, Volume 2 bears the library stamps “Gräflich Wylich und Lottum-Lissaer Bücherei” and “Haus Mertel” on the endpaper, dated 1899. - A fine copy. *