146 - [Jean MARIETTE]. French Architecture, or A Collection of Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Profiles of Royal Residences, Several Churches in Paris, and Castles and Country Houses Located Both in the Vicinity of That City and in Other Parts of France… Paris, Jean Mariette, 1738. Folio, marbled calfskin, spine with 6 raised bands, decorated (contemporary binding damaged).

[Jean MARIETTE]. French Architecture, or A Collection of Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Profiles of Royal Residences, Several Churches in Paris, and Castles and Country Houses Located Both in the Vicinity of That City and in Other Parts of France… Paris, Jean Mariette, 1738. Folio, marbled calfskin, spine with 6 raised bands, decorated (contemporary binding damaged). Brunet, III-1465 / Millard, 113 /// Engraved title page, 81 plates. A series of 81 plates (out of 84?) likely constituting the fifth volume of Jean Mariette’s *L’Architecture françoise…*, a vast project aimed at documenting French architecture from Marot to the contemporary period through engravings. Title page drawn and engraved by C. Guiot and 81 copperplate engravings, including 24 fold-outs, 50 double-page plates, 5 full-page plates, and 2 printed on the same sheet. The plates, almost all inscribed to Mariette, bear the signatures of François Blondel (7), Jean Marot (2), Michel Hardouin (5), and Mariette (9); the others are unsigned. Spine titled “T. IV.” The binding is heavily damaged, with missing caps and split joints. Water damage at the bottom of the volume affects several plates.