259 - [BRISEUX (Charles-Étienne)]. Modern Architecture, or The Art of Building Well for All Kinds of People, Whether for Private Homes or Palaces. Volume Two [...] Paris, Jombert, 1729. In-4, brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Binding damaged, paint stains.

[BRISEUX (Charles-Étienne)]. Modern Architecture, or The Art of Building Well for All Kinds of People, Whether for Private Homes or Palaces. Volume Two [...] Paris, Jombert, 1729. In-4, brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Binding damaged, paint stains. Fold-out frontispiece title page, [2] ff (title page, privilege) and 142 (of 144) plates. Plates 38–39 are missing. Old water stains in the margins in places. The second and only volume of the first edition of this important treatise on architecture, published in 1728–1729. Entirely devoted to illustrations, it features numerous floor plans of houses and mansions (including the Hôtels de Matignon and de Noirmoutier), with their plans, sections, and elevations, notably based on drawings by the architect Jean Courtonne. Bookplates, stamps, and handwritten notes by Jean Bourdot, master carpenter in Molène.