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Lot 1 - ADHEMAR Traité de la coupe des pierres / Traité des Ombres Paris, Carilian, 1845-1840. A volume in-8°, viii - 304 pp for lithotomy and a volume in-8° 152 pp for shadows; Bound in uniform half belu nuit chagrin, monogrammed FG (Felix Gonsiorowski) at foot of spine. Provides mathematical equations for projected shadows and stone sections

Current bid 26 EUR

Lot 2 - Anonymous Boston Fascicule in-8° approx. 30 B&W photos, in attractive illustrated cover (leaves disagreed)

Starting price 5 EUR

Lot 3 - Anonyme Nouveautés architecturales Hélio-Edition, Paris, circa 1900. Art-nouveau portfolio, In folio, 31 (of 32) loose plates depicting fine Parisian buildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Current bid 50 EUR

Lot 4 - Anonymous 54 views of Paris and Versailles Slnd; Paris circa 1890. Small Italian-sized folio. Reproductions of drawn views of the capital and the château. One plate torn but not missing

Current bid 10 EUR

Lot 5 - Anonyme Comptoir des poutrelles Paris, Langlois, 1904. In-4° bound in publisher's full green cloth, title in black on front cover. 34 pp + 4 out-of-text photos + 52 plates (including 21 bis) + 24 pp (spine slightly oiled). A fine copy of this technical manual, essential for understanding the constructive arrangements of beam + hourdis buildings, typical of post-Eifelian constructions such as the Rothschild Hospital in Paris.

Starting price 20 EUR

Lot 6 - Anonymous Wiener neubeauten im style der secession Vien, Schroll, 1904. In folio in publisher's engraved portfolio, 77 black and white reproductions printed on 65 plates.

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 7 - Anonymous, [Treatise on architecture and geometry] from the 17th century. 1 vol. in-8°: s.l.n.d., 61 leaves paginated 1-111, then 126, ruled. Numerous sketches in the text and 12 plates (p.70-81 finely drawn). Contemporary full parchment binding, slightly worn. Signature "Martin aîné" on upper flyleaf. Interesting manuscript produced by an architect to record his knowledge, then used in 1822 by a craftsman to record lists of days spent in preparation for writing briefs for payment claims. This kind of testimonial is all the more precious as few of these manuscripts have survived to the present day. Created out of necessity, in the face of prohibitive book prices that some architects and craftsmen could not afford, they contain both copies of entire chapters or sections of the great classic works of their time, and numerous handwritten notes that are just as valuable, as they supplement the theoretical knowledge of the time with often highly practical information.

Current bid 1200 EUR

Lot 8 - Anonymous / Architecture et Art Décoratif Français 1936 Francia 1936 Milan, Domus, 1936. Small in-4° cloth-covered volume, numerous photos of buildings and works of art.

Current bid 17 EUR

Lot 9 - Anon / Exposition coloniale de 1931 Le plus beau voyage à travers le monde Italian-style folio in publisher's lithographed cover

Current bid 30 EUR

Lot 10 - Art & Décoration Le salon des artistes décorateurs June 1927 magazine donated by Levy, magnificent cover, advertisements and photos from the period.

Current bid 30 EUR

Lot 11 - Louis AVRIL, dit l'Abbé Avril, dit l'Abbé Mai, Temples anciens et modernes ou Observations historiques et critiques sur les plus célèbres monumens d'architecture grecque et Gothique. Par M. L. M., Paris ["London et se trouve à Paris"], chez Musier, fils, 1774 1 vol. in-8°: masthead, title, xvi-147-[3] p., 7 folding plates. Bound in contemporary full shagreened calf. Very good condition. One of the first works to mark the shift from the Mannerist domed church to the basilica church inspired by early Christian basilicas.

Starting price 120 EUR

Lot 12 - AZEMA Documents d'architecture contemporaine (vols 1 & 2) Paris, Vincent, 1927.2 small folio volumes, 52 (of 54) and 53 (of 54) free plates printed in heliotype. Publisher's wallets The author has chosen to present a few major recent works. He places his work in the context of a forward-looking analysis of globalization: at a time when the use of materials is becoming universal, as are real estate programs, it is important to examine the reasons behind architectural choices, before passing judgment on a project. The book details the Grand Théâtre de Marseille, the Hôtel Majestic in Cannes, the Casamene building in Nice (5 plates), the 100 Bd Pereire building in Paris by Hennequet, the Hôtel Particulier built by Pol Abraham on Rue Jasmin, the Henri Sauvage building on Rue des Amiraux and many other French and American buildings.

Starting price 50 EUR

Lot 13 - BAL Décorateur ensemblier moderne. Paris, sd (1925).4° oblong, title & 9 photographic reproductions of drawings (centerfold). Paperback in publisher's beautiful silver-printed cover. Rare advertising brochure featuring nine views of interior proposal drawings, typical of the 1920s, printed in bistre.

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 14 - Bernard FOREST DE BÉLIDOR, La science des ingénieurs dans la conduite des travaux de fortification et d'architecture civile. Paris, Claude Jombert, 1729 1 vol. in-4° : Front. engraved by Rigault, title, 7f., 80-64-96-104-80-80p., 4f., 53pl. folded. Very good condition inside Bound in full brown calf, 5-rib mute spine and restored corners. First edition of this treatise on civil and military architecture, divided into 6 parts, dealing successively with theories of mechanics, masonry, construction of vaults and arches, properties of materials (and, for the first time, soil mechanics), planning and construction of civil and military buildings, modenatures and drawing up specifications. Although originally written to illustrate Belidor's course in military architecture, in line with the work of Vauban, it should be noted that the rules laid down are equally applicable to civil construction. This book greatly influenced the construction of civil and military hospitals in Carpentras, Valenciennes and Les Invalides. It was reprinted several times during the 18th and 19th centuries. A great classic of civil engineering and castration. The board on which the engineers order and the workers work will always be admired.

Starting price 380 EUR

Lot 15 - Pietro BELLORI, Veteres Arcus Augustorum Triumphis Insignes Rome, Ad Templum Sanctæ Mariæ de Pace (de Rossi), 1690 1 vol. in-folio: 3 ff, 13 pl., 4 ff. text, 33 plates. Bound in the 1920s, half-night-blue morocco with 5 faux-nerfs, vat paper, gilt head. A very fine, fresh copy with full margins. Provenance: from the library of Augustus Frederick de Sussex (1773-1843), sixth son of King George III of England, Grand Master of the United Lodge of England and President of the Royal Society of Arts from 1816. His library was auctioned off in six sales between July 1844 and August 1845. One of the high-quality productions of the Roman publisher De Rossi, forerunner of Pontifical Chalcography, who composed and recomposed these collections, sometimes using the same engravings. The main theme here is that of ancient triumphal arches and the bas-reliefs that decorate them. The book's British fate is a good illustration of the widespread distribution of Roman publications by wealthy enthusiasts visiting Italy.

Starting price 1200 EUR

Lot 16 - BENEDICTUS Relais Paris, 1930, In-folio in publisher's portfolio, 15 superb stencil plates

Starting price 1200 EUR

Lot 17 - Nicolas BENOIS, Alexandre RESANOFF and Alexandre KRAKAU, Monographie de la cathédrale d'Orvieto par [...] pensionnaires de l'Académie impériale des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Pétersbourg, Paris, Morel, 1877. 1 vol. in-folio: 14 p., 1 f. de table, 30 pl. dont 11 en chromolithographie. Original albumen photographic print added as frontispiece. Bound in contemporary red half-maroquin with gilt title. Perfect condition The text is signed by Félix Faure, who later worked on the Franco-Russian alliance. Engravings by Paul Bur, J. de Garron, Büry père, Félix Penel, Ch. Bur. The chromolithographs are signed Regamey or Léveil.interesting monograph illustrated with beautiful chromolithographs.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 18 - BERENSON Disegni di maestri fiorentini del Rinascimento in Firenze Radio Italiana, 1954. In-folio 187 pp including numerous reproductions of early drawings. Paperback in original wrappers. mint condition

Starting price 10 EUR

Lot 19 - Joseph Étienne BIET, Charles NORMAND, Louis Marie NORMAND, Souvenir du Musée des monuments français. Collection de 40 perspectives Paris, 18211 vol. in-folio: faux-titre, engraved title, xiip. 40 pl. num. 1-40, 1 pl. non chiffrée, 40p. A very fresh copy with full margins, minor foxing and angular restorations on the first 6 leaves of text. Restored editorial boards, red cloth spine. Built by Alexandre Lenoir with the help of his friend Charles Percier, from 1795 onwards, the Musée des Monuments Français suffered from competition from the Musée du Louvre, before finally being dismantled in 1819, to the benefit of the latter, but also due to the reinstatement of certain elements of monumental sculpture such as the royal tombs of Saint-Denis. This work is a reminder of this. It is one of the first in which Louis Marie Normand, who collaborates here with his father Charles as engraver, appears as editor.

Starting price 250 EUR

Lot 20 - BING Le Japon Illustré Paris, Marpon & Flammarion, 1888 - 1891. 3 volumes in-4°, complete with all 35 issues: (I) 12 issues, 158 pp & 120 plates, many of which are duplicates; (II) 12 issues, 164 pp & 120 plates, many of which are duplicates, as well as the 12 illustrated covers (bound out of order); (III) 152 pp & 120 plates, many of which are duplicates. Bound in full publisher's cloth, illustrated boards.

Current bid 250 EUR

Lot 21 - BLONDEL Le Nouveau Marché St Germain Paris, Dussillon, 1816. Large folio, 10 pp & XI plates (small brown stain to text). Full blue paper boards (corners broken and rounded, spine broken, stains) Working copy of the first edition of this rare work, which was republished by Bance in 1825. The St-Germain market has existed since the Middle Ages, first as a fairground close to the abbey, then as a permanent building, attested to on late 18th-century Parisian plans. The building having been destroyed by fire in 1806, Blondel proposed its reconstruction on the historic site, which he undertook between 1813 and 1816. The author of the present work details the considerations that went into the founding choices of his project, and recounts the technical difficulties encountered with the foundations. Interesting both for its historical value and as a publication given by an architect to promote his work.

Starting price 100 EUR

Lot 22 - [Jacques] François BLONDEL, Fragmens d'architecture et desseins des croisées qui decorent les façades du Louvre, s.l.n.d. [Paris, circa 1760]. 1 vol. in-folio: 2 f. dedication, 12 f. plates, including one printed on both sides (engraved title and elevation of a crossing) and one folding plate. A dark stain in the lower margin affecting the first 3 leaves. Stapled copy, modern vat paper cover. Rare first edition of this particularly original essay dedicated exclusively to the Louvre's crossing windows, in which the author details and sizes the molding profiles of numerous construction elements; the twelve plates are intended to illustrate the main architectural details, in particular the windows of the Louvre, which Louis XV had just decided to complete. Unlike the BAL copy, but in keeping with that of the Millard collection, our work does not bear the publisher's address on the first plate.

Starting price 450 EUR

Lot 23 - BLONDEL - VIGNOLE Nouveau livre des cinq ordres d'architecture enrichi Paris, Mondhard, 1776. In-8°, 80 pp - 10 ffnch. Fully engraved, with numerous full-page plates. Booklet in antique paper cover (soiling, corners corroded, working copy). Late 18th-century edition with the good taste to present numerous architectural models, woodwork and ironwork in addition to the usual plates of the orders.

Current bid 22 EUR

Lot 24 - Abraham BOSSE, La pratique du trait à preuves, by Mr Desargues Lyonnois. Paris, imp. de Pierre Des-Hayes, 1643 1 vol in-8°: 5f. (title, frontispiece, dedication, address to the "liseur"), 56p. engraved title, 114 plates interspersed with 57f. of commentary. Very good condition inside. Bound in 17th-century full calf: corners worn at head, lower compartment missing, jaws cracked but solid. Provenance: an 18th-century owner has drawn up a list of Bosse's works entitled "autres ouvrages de Bosse qui se vendoient à Paris chez Pierre Aubuyn libraire", with prices; cites the Mariette sale of 1775, He signs twice, but his signature is illegible.Bosse was one of the essential writers and engravers of the mid-17th century. His work covers engraving and etching as well as perspective, architecture and lithotomy.

Starting price 200 EUR

Lot 25 - Abraham BOSSE, Girard DESARGUES, Manière universelle de Mr Desargues, pour pratiquer la perspective par petit-pied, comme le géométral. Paris, Pierre Des Hayes, 1648 1 vol. in-8°: 9 f. (blank, title, title of 1st part, dedicatory epistle, table and "reconnaissance de Mr Desargues") 58 p., 1 f. with title-frontispiece on recto and pl. 1 on verso, pp. 59-168, 1 f. intertitle, 6 p. num. 173 to 184 (2 num. per page), pp. 169-176, pp. 193-312, 16 p. uncounted, pp. 321-342 [lacks last leaf of text, p. [343-344], in all 156 pl. of which one folding and 2 repeated (151 and 156). Bound in 19th-century ivory half-parchment, spines split. Compared to the copy described by Fowler, it lacks an engraved title dated 1647 and the portrait of the dedicatee Michel Larcher, as well as the last text leaf.Among the major difficulties encountered by perspective draftsmen, the representation of indirect light and shadow occupied the work and debates of the mid-seventeenth century.

Starting price 200 EUR

Lot 26 - Jules BOUCHET, Le Laurentin, maison de campagne de Pline-le-Consul restituée d'après sa lettre à Gallus,Paris, Chez l'auteur, 18 rue de Seine, 1852 1 vol. grand in-4°: 26 p., 1 f. de table, frontispice grav. et 6 pl. Grand exemplaire, rousseurs dans le texte n'affectant pas les planches. Bound in green half-calf with 5 faux-nerves, spine decorated with fillets and fleurons, top cover worn. Provenance: copy of the architect Charles Nizet, stamped on the title pageJules-Frédéric Bouchet, architect, draughtsman and engraver, was awarded the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1822. Like Clochar, Gautier, Percier and Fontaine and so many other architects who took part in the English "Grand Tour", he spent five years touring ancient Italy. This book is part of the connection between archaeology and architecture.

Starting price 100 EUR

Lot 27 - Jean Marie BOUSSARD, Concours de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts (médailles et mentions) dessinés d'après les originaux, par J. Boussard. Première [Seconde] série, Paris, Vve A. Morel et Cie, éditeurs, 13 rue Bonaparte, 1874 [1875]. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-4°: [volume 1] 2 f. 12 p., 36 pl. sur Chine contrecollées sur papier fort; [volume 2] 2 f. 12 p., 36 pl. num. 37-72 sur Chine contrecollées sur papier fort Bound in contemporary red half-chagrin, spine decorated with faux-nerfs and boxes, gilt head. An excellent copy. The plates of the 1st series are engraved by J. Boussard and A. Guillaumot fils. Guillaumot fils, those of the 2nd by J. Boussard.Boussard is responsible for several works on Parisian tombs, garden ornaments and suburban pavilions. Following on from Vaudoyer's collections almost a century earlier, the present book publishes a selection of projects, this time awarded in "small" Beaux-Arts competitions. To be compared with Lampué's work shortly afterwards, in which the projects were photographed rather than engraved.

Starting price 150 EUR

Lot 28 - Barnabé BRISSON, Nouvelle Collection de 530 dessins ou Feuilles de Textes relatifs à l'Art de l'Ingénieur et lithographiés à l'École Royale des Ponts et Chaussées. Seconde partie comprenant les ports maritimes, l'architecture, les machines et les objets divers1 vol. in-folio: 1 f. ("Observations relative au classement des dessins"), 1 f. de table, 272 f. de pl. ou de notices, lithographiés sur papier de Hollande. Paperback with original youthful edges, rebacked in a modern half calf roots binding, orange title-piece. A work illustrated with lithographs, at the beginning of the use of this technique. It was produced thanks to the collaboration of Ponts et Chaussées engineers stationed throughout France, who each sent one of their recent achievements. This work can be compared with the works of Bruyère and Mandar, other professors at the same school.

Starting price 400 EUR

Lot 29 - Athanasio Genaro BRIZGUZ Y BRU, Escuela de arquitectura civil, en que se contienen los ordenes de arquitectura, la distribucion e los planos de templos y casas, y el conocimiento de los materiales Valencia, Joseph de Orga, 1804 1 vol. in-8°: 164 p., 54 folding plates. Very fresh inside. Bound in full contemporary brown calf, smooth spine decorated with fillets, title-piece missing, 1 jaw split, foot of spine restored. Minor worm damage to spine. An interesting work documenting Spanish architectural culture in the early years of the Empire, and showing the borrowings from the main French works on domestic architecture.

Starting price 400 EUR

Lot 30 - Félix Emmanuel CALLET, Jean-Baptiste Cicéron LESUEUR, Architecture italienne, ou Palais, maisons et autres édifices de l'Italie moderne...Paris, Everat, 18271 vol. in-folio: 3 f., 18 pl. num. I-XVIII, 4 pl. num. XXXI-XXXIV, 13 pl. (temple de la concorde à Agrigente) num. 1-9 11-14, 17pl. with irregular numbering (edifices de Naples). Moderate brown spots. Bound in contemporary blue-marine half calf. Slight wear to upper cover. Small tears in the paper of the boards. A rare copy of this unfinished book donated by two Grands Prix de Rome ex-aequo in 1819. A stay in Rome was often the occasion for specific monographs, straddling architecture and archaeology. Some plates from this work were exhibited at the Salon of 1827. Callet was subsequently appointed architect to the city of Paris and, in association with Baltard, worked on the new Halles centrales de Paris project, while Lesueur became one of the leading professors at the École des Beaux-Arts.

Starting price 350 EUR

Lot 31 - CHAMPIER Documents d'Atelier Paris, Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1898. Small in-folio in-4° format, title & 60 plates, many in color (title page torn, foxing to plates, without 3 pages of text). In publisher's printed portfolio.

Starting price 150 EUR

Lot 32 - CHAPPEY Architecture Internationale 2 Paris, Fréal, s.d. (1930). In-4°, 3 ffnch and 88 plates. Bound in red cloth (stamped by an American library). A very fine album published a year after the first opus, and much less frequently than the latter. Chappey, a brilliant young architect who also won the competition to build the Palais de l'acier in 1935, offers in this work a compilation of all the works then considered part of the international movement. The plates feature perspective photos and plans of works by the leading European and American architects of the time, including Le Corbusier, Roux Spitz, Sauvage and Lurçat, as well as Gropius, Taut, Cermak and Margold. From the Suez Canal monument to the Chrysler building and a café in Brno. Timeless architecture.

Starting price 100 EUR

Lot 33 - CHOISY L'Art de Batir chez les romains Ducher, 1873. In folio in loose boards in portfolio, 216 pp & 24 plates

Current bid 90 EUR

Lot 34 - Auguste CHOISY, L'art de bâtir chez les Romains. Paris, Ducher et Cie, 1873 1 vol. in-folio: 4 f. - 216p. illustrated with 100 figs, 24 pl. Bound in early 20th-century brown half-chagrin, gilt-lettered head. Perfect condition Provenance: sent by the author to Lapatz. This work initiated the research that would lead Choisy to publish Histoire de l'architecture. It is characterized by the widespread use of axonometry, and by the idea of reducing Roman architecture to its structural dimension alone: two modernist biases that make Choisy one of the forerunners of twentieth-century architectural theory. See also issues 22, 91 and 92

Starting price 120 EUR

Lot 35 - Pierre CLOCHAR, Palais, maisons et vues d'Italie, mesurées et dessinées, Paris, L'Auteur, 1809. 1 vol. in-folio: 6p - 19p. and 102 pl. Some foxing, especially on certain pages of the text, but a fine copy. Bound in eggplant half-chagrin. A work in the tradition of the Grand Tour and Villa Medici, it is composed of 12 quires with engraved intermediate titles counting in the numbering. Clochar was a pupil of Percier, and his precise, lively pencil strokes are evident in the animated views presented. The work alternates between elevations, plans and views, with beautiful romantic settings using arcades to frame a view of a building. The book is complete with pages of descriptions of the plates, which are often missing, and which allow us to retrace the logic of Clochar's peregrinations through Italian cities during the First Empire. An unusual, high-quality work.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 36 - Charles Nicolas COCHIN and Jérôme Charles BELLICARD, Observations sur les antiquités de la ville d'Herculanum.Seconde édition. Paris, Charles Antoine Jombert, 1755 1 vol. in-12°: xxxviiip. 3f. 104p. 40 pl. Bound in contemporary full calf. Wear to corners and covers. Second edition of this treatise on archaeology by the architect Jérôme Bellicard and the famous engraver Cochin. This book marks a turning point in the description of the excavations at Herculaneum, the Roman city destroyed along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The book is interesting in more ways than one, as it publishes surveys of the basilica and theater, as well as a full description of the site and the results of the excavations.

Starting price 150 EUR

Lot 37 - François COINTERAUX] CAILLAT et DURAND, notaires, JARRY et NAU, notaires, Minutes d'actes notariés: "Vente à sieur François Cointeraux"; "Ratification faite par Mademoiselle Eleonor Fauconnnet"; "Licitation Vve Fauconnet",1770-1772 Set of 3 in-4° documents relating to François Cointeraux, pioneer of adobe construction in the late 18th century: "Vente", 6f.; "Ratification", 2f°; "Licitation", 4p. written in fine handwriting on a sheet of parchment, Cointeraux's handwritten note on the cover: "Licitation du 8eme de maison que j'ai fait avec ma tante Liotard. Passé à Paris, le 2 juin 1772". Moving unpublished documents concerning the legacy of the young Cointeraux, whose work in adobe, among other things, was pioneering. Several of Cointeraux's works are available here.

Starting price 150 EUR

Lot 38 - COMBE Le Boulevard Haussmann Devambez 1927. In folio in publisher's portfolio, 37 pp & 5 pl hors texte in loose leaves

Starting price 100 EUR

Lot 39 - COOK Architecture & Building / New builder's Magazine 1819. 2 volumes in one large in-4° volume, numerous plates, at least the title page is missing, working copy incomplete and in poor condition, English work very copiously illustrated in the neo-antique taste.

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 40 - Stéphan POULAIN (1914-? ), Cours général d'histoire de l'architecture. Croquis Mr Hautecoeur professeur; M. Lavedan professeur, circa 1940.1 portfolio containing two series of plates: Title "Cours d'histoire générale de l'architecture. Croquis. Mr Hautecoeur professeur", intertitle [architecture égyptienne], 7 pl. num. 1-6 (2 pl. 4); intertitle [architecture orientale], 7 pl. num. 7-11 (2 pl. 10 and 2 pl. 11); intertitle [architecture égéenne et mycénienne], 6 pl num. 12-18 (1 pl. 5-18); intertitle [architecture grecque], 12 pl. num.19-30; Title "Ecole nationale des beaux arts. Cours d'histoire générale de l'architecture. M. Lavedan professeur", 50 pl. num. 1-33 (2 pl. under num. 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23and 32; 3 pl. num. 10 and 4 pl. num. 2). A total of 88 leaves, most punched so as not to be used again in another year. In black cloth wallet with laces, spine and corners, handwritten label on upper cover: "SPoulain. At. Leconte, 1e cl. 24". Provenance: author's family An important corpus of notes and plates from the famous Hautecoeur and Lavedan courses, these testimonies are rarely preserved complete, as here, with all their plates. This does not make the manuscript testimonials any less interesting.

Starting price 200 EUR

Lot 41 - COUSIN L'art du dessin Paris, Jean, s.d (circa 1810).small folio, engraved title-frontispiece - 12 pp & 24 engraved plates (corners corrugated). The famous French painter gives us the proportions of the human body and the geometrical means to draw its figures in all directions. A fine copy in a contemporary binding. Cousin was nicknamed the "French Michelangelo". Each page of his treatise is illustrated on the front with the engraved figures needed to understand and practice drawing the human body. L'Art de dessiner d'après Cousin (1522-1594) went through numerous editions in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It is in fact an adaptation of the "Livre de pourtraicture" (1560, then 1595, posthumous), inspired by the system of proportions of the human body developed by Vitruvius and Dürer, and which served for a long time as a study book for artists.

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 42 - COUSSIN Du Génie de l'Architecture Bound in half brown basane, first cover torn off, title page missing.

Current bid 10 EUR

Lot 43 - Augustin Charles D'AVILER, Cours d'architecture qui comprend les ordres de Vignole. Avec des commentaires, les figures et description de ses plus beaux monuments & ceux de Michel-Ange. Several new designs, ornaments and precepts... With an ample alphabetical explanation of all terms. Tome premier [second]. New and third edition. Amsterdam, George Gallet, 1699 2 parts bound in 1 vol. in-4°: frontispiece, title, 36f., 340p., 113pl.; frontispiece, title, 2f. (warning), 259p. Some leaves uniformly browned. 5-rib period full calf binding, richly decorated spine, red title page, headpieces well preserved, edges rubbed, corners worn. Provenance: dry stamp A Roux on the upper flyleaf, handwritten mention next to "de la bibliothèque d'Albert Roux en 1815 "Uncommon Dutch pirate edition.

Starting price 400 EUR

Lot 44 - d'AVILER Cours d'architecture Mariette, Paris 1710. One volume in-4°, frontispiece - title - 41 ffnch - xii - 355 pp & 140 plates, complex numbering. Bound in full 19th-century marbled brown basane, spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gilded fleurons, red and green morocco title-pieces (weak spinebands). First part alone of this extraordinary course in architecture, beginning with the great classics (ancient and modern orders), followed by decorative elements (doors, niches, ironwork, fireplaces, etc.), then a treatise on landscaping and numerous plans, sections and elevations of buildings, including those by Michelangelo. A standard for the teaching of classical architecture, it was reprinted many times over the course of a century. The second part, missing here, is a dictionary of architectural terms.

Starting price 100 EUR

Lot 45 - Alphonse de GISORS (1796-1866)], Recueil de calques de modèles d'architecture, [ca. 1825]. 1 oblong atlas: 74 f. on which are pasted 83 sheets of tracing paper, in which the author has very finely copied engravings selected from contemporary architectural books. Original restored binding. Restored red morocco basane spine titled "Calques - AG", original red boards preserved (wear, marks), edges of boards and corners in green paper refinished. Initials A G for Alphonse de Gisors on the spine, in line with chronological elements (end of the author's studies at the École des Beaux-Arts and publication dates of the copied books), by the presence of numerous models borrowed from his uncle, Guy de Gisors, and by the signature - the only one in this volume -, "de Gisors" in the lower right-hand corner of the tracing dedicated to the church of Saint-Vincent in Mâcon. This extraordinary set is one of the earliest surviving examples of the use of tracing paper, patented in 1809 by the Montgolfier family. Alphonse de Gisors, who was preparing for the Prix de Rome competition at the time, compiled a series of references borrowed from recent publications, including collections by Percier et Fontaine and Krafft, the works of Palladio, Durand's Choix d'édifices public, etc. The set documents the training of the artist in the use of tracing paper. Ref: Jean-Philippe Garric, "La culture italienne d'un élève de Charles Percier. Le recueil de calques d'Alphonse de Gisors dessiné sous la Restauration", in Antonio Brucculeri and Sabine Frommel, Renaissance italienne et architecture au XIXe siècle. Interprétations et restitutions, Rome, Campisano, 2016, p.213-222

Starting price 3800 EUR

Lot 46 - de la CROIX Etude sur le théâtre gallo-romain des Bouchauds (Charente). Atlas et texte Angoulème 1908, small in-8° and portfolio in-folio format. Complete with 14 plates. Rare archaeological and architectural study of Gallo-Roman remains.

Current bid 50 EUR

Lot 47 - Jean-Baptiste de LA RUE, Traité de la coupe des pierres, où par une méthode facile & abrégée, l'on peut aisément se perfectionner en cette Science. Examiné & approuvé par l'Académie Royale d'Architecture Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 17281 vol. in-folio: 8f. including title, 185p., 72pl. [pl. 44 missing], num. I - LXVII, then A - F, mostly folding. For ease of reading, 28 plates are repeated twice, 1 three times. The moving parts are present. Copy of the first printing on strong paper (a frontispiece was added in 1738, no doubt to compete with Frézier's work). Slight traces of use, rare stains. Sewn copy, therefore a little out of order. Bound in full contemporary 6-rib raciné calf for technical use. Provenance: handwritten ex-libris on title page "Ex-libris est à JB Chevalier à Carcassonne, ce 27 juin 1751"; Carcassonne auction house in 1989Original edition of this important treatise on lithotomy, an exercise in spatial geometry compulsory for those required to cut stones and, in particular, all the structural elements essential to the stability of structures. The work was republished in 1762.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 48 - DEBAT PONSAN Nouvelles écoles en France Paris, Sinjon, s.d. (1930). In-folio, 2 ffnch & 56 plates. In publisher's portfolio (worn cloth, flaws to boards). Interesting portfolio focusing on school reconstruction in northern France after the end of WWI, as well as on new schools in Paris. There is a lengthy report on the colleges at Péronne, the schools at Brie sur Somme and Roupy, as well as several Parisian school groups (Ranelagh, Château des Rentiers, Groupe Voltaire à Suresnes, Ecole de Montrouge). Architects include Debat-Ponsan, Berry, Payret-Dortail, Genin and Roth.

Starting price 70 EUR

Lot 49 - Jean-Baptiste DÉDEDAN (1781-1864), Autograph letter signed, Paris [22, rue de l'Université], June 5, 1847, to Hippolyte Jayr, last Minister of Public Works under the July Monarchy. 3 folio pages: Tight, tiny handwriting with microscopic marginal notes. The architect asks his Minister for work Very rare autograph document by this architect, renowned for his quirkiness, several of whose drawings are in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts or the Louvre.

Starting price 150 EUR

Lot 50 - DEMONT Traité des premiers éléments d'architecture Paris, Veuve Jean, 1833. In-4°, title - faux-titre - 27 pp & 48 plates numbered 1 to 47 and 1bis. Bound in contemporary half-brown calf, smooth spine decorated with cold irons, boards recently covered with papier coquille Rare first edition of what was to become a great classic of architectural literature for use by building contractors. Starting with a reminder of plane and spatial geometry, the author gives some very useful lessons for carpenters and masons, such as how to cut a board into two equal parts. He then goes on to describe all the elements of construction: walls, vaults and sides, before moving on to sashes and the layout of caissons. His comments are amply illustrated with beautiful plates engraved by Guiguet. A rare edition of which OCLC lists only 3 copies.

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 51 - [Étienne LE GRAND (? -1751), Antoine DESGODETS], Traité du toisé des bastimens aux us et coutusmes de Paris, expliqué en l'Académie royale d'architecture par M. Desgodets, architecte du roi, circa 1725 1 vol. in-folio: title and 200 carefully calligraphed numbered pages, including table of contents. Copy without illustrations. Staining requiring restoration of title page and most affected leaves. Rebound in identical green vellum. Original monogram "LG" mounted on upper board. A much larger copy of Desgodets' traité du toisé than the 14 other copies identified in 2022, and the only one to date whose author can be named. Desgodets' treatise has been a key reference for the transmission of quantity surveying skills, one of the pillars of the architectural profession. Now the job of quantity surveyors, the quantity surveyor's work consisted in checking the quantities (volumes by weight) of materials used by the contractor in his work, and thereby validating his invoice. At the time, quotations were based on unit prices, and final payment was directly proportional to the quantities used on site. The quantity surveyor's job therefore required good geometric and economic knowledge, as well as a thorough understanding of architecture to validate the work.

Starting price 1800 EUR

Lot 52 - Hector d'ESPOUY and Georges SEURE, Monuments antiques relevés et restaurés par les architectes pensionnaires de l'Académie de France à Rome. Paris, Massin, [1910 -1912]. 4 vol. in-folio: [vol.1] faux-titre, title, 19p. 65pl. non num. counting for 83 (numerous double or triple pl.); [vol.2] faux-titre, title, 13p. 1f. blank, 70pl. num. 84-177 (numerous double or triple pl.); [vol.3title, 14p., 1f. blank, 72 plates num. 178-280 (numerous double or triple plates); [supplement] title, 9p., 1f. blank, 35 plates num. 1-51 (numerous double or triple plates). Very fine condition inside. Publisher's full burgundy percaline wallets, first boards stamped with title and Minerve head. Excellent condition for the first 3 volumes, a little faded for the supplement. Publications of the archaeological surveys carried out by the resident architects of the Villa Medici.

Starting price 380 EUR

Lot 53 - Hector d'ESPOUY, Fragments d'architecture antique [du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance] d'après les relevés et restaurations des anciens pensionnaires de l'Académie de France à Rome.Paris, Massin, s.d. [ca. 1915, mention of December 7, 1905 in reference to the U.S. Copyright]. 4 vol. in-folio: [vol. 1]: 11 p. - 100 pl.; vol. 2: 4 f. - 100 pl; [vol. 3]: 2 f. 4p. -100 pl.; [vol. 4]: 2 f. - 3 p. 100 pl. Perfect condition inside. Original red wallets a little rubbed, small stains and accident, some laces missing. A very good copy.

Starting price 250 EUR

Lot 54 - Alexis DONNET, ORGIAZZI, Jacques Auguste KAUFMANN, Architectonographie des théâtres de Paris ou Parallèle historique et critique de ces édifices considérés sous le rapport de l'architecture et de la décoration,; Architectonographie des théâtres de Paris ou parallèle historique et critique de ces édifices considérés sous le rapport de l'architecture, commencé par Alexis Donnet et Orgiazzi et commencé par Jacques Auguste Kaufmann,; [bound in continuation] Tiburce MORISOT, La propriété Première année, Planches, Paris, Didot, 1821 - Mathias, 1837 - 18331 vol. in-8° and in atlas in-folio: viii-376p. Some foxing in the last few leaves of the volume; 2f. (title and table), 1 folding plan, 25pl. 18 pl. num. IX-XXX (two counted double); 2f. (faux-titre and title), 32 pl.Bound in contemporary half calf, smooth muted spine redone for the textOriginal edition of the text of this rare descriptive monograph, which gives a fine overview of the more than 50 theaters that welcomed Parisians on a daily basis. The plates, engraved by Orgiazzi, give a rigorous picture of these theaters' decorations, which are hard to imagine today lit by candlelight. The atlas comes from the second edition, a reimposition of the original. The book alternates between analyses and references to ancient Greek and Roman theaters, and Parisian achievements. Alongside the Odéon and the Salle Favart, we discover the Mont-Parnasse, the Diorama and the Panorama, as well as the Salle du Marché Saint Germain. The map of Paris, with the former division into 12 arrondissements, each with 4 districts, gives, in addition to the usual monuments, the location of each of the theaters, a rare and reliable source.

Starting price 400 EUR

Lot 55 - Louis Amboise DUBUT, Architecture civile: maisons de ville et de campagne, de toutes formes et de tous genres, projetées pour être construites sur des terrains de différentes grandeurs Paris, J.-M. Eberhart, Paris, An XI [1802], 1 vol. in-folio: cover of 1st issue preserved, serving as title page, dated "Paris, An XI (1802)", 60pl. (half on Hollande paper). Contemporary tan half calf binding, worn headband, small circular cutout at bottom of spine, probably to remove a monogram. Very good condition. The work was announced as 144 pages, but ended up with only 89. In 1805, on his return from Rome, the author announced a second volume (prospectus at the Avery Library), which never saw the light of day. Here are the first 10 issues only, which it is rare to find in the freshness of the 1st printing. Louis-Ambroise Dubut (1769-1846), architect and former boarder in Rome, is known as Ledoux's only pupil. Following in the footsteps of Percier & Fontaine, Suys and Clochar, he published his projects in 15 separate issues from 1802 onwards. His book details both the architecture of private projects, which were on the whole quite luxurious, and proposals for integrating them into sites. The book was withdrawn in 1837, then in 1842 and 1847. Provenance: bookplate of bookseller Jacques Laget.

Starting price 220 EUR

Lot 56 - DUPORTAL Charles Percier Architecte Paris, Rousseau, 1931. Paperback, numerous illustrations in and out of text

Starting price 30 EUR

Lot 57 - Charles DUPUIS, Traité d'architecture, comprenant les cinq ordres des anciens, établis dans une juste proportion entre eux [] Cours de géométrie pratique [] Traité d'arithmétique [] Traité de la mesure des surfaces planes [] Cours de perspective Paris, l'auteur, 1782 1 vol. in-4°: xxviiip. (title, dedication, preface, table), 100-175-61p., 1f., 67pl., 6f. tables, 3pl. 2 tables, 9 pl. Very fresh copy, several sections printed on blue paper. Excellent condition inside. Bound in modern full red chagrin, spine muted. A very good copy. Treatise on classical architecture written by Fontaine's father-in-law (posthumously). Very rare collection of 3 treatises originally published separately. These treatises were intended for young men from good families, destined to blossom between military and artistic glory. The author was an architect and teacher at Versailles at the end of the Ancien Régime. The book offers a course in perspective applied to buildings and landscapes, complete with an interesting dictionary of technical terms for neophytes. Charles Dupuis is an interesting example of the last attempts to resist new ideas at the end of the 18th century.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 58 - DURAND JLN Précis des leçons d'architecture données à l'Ecole Polytechnique. Paris, Didot 1821-1823-1825. 3 volumes in-4°, (I) 1 ffnch - viii - 110 pp - 1 ffnch - 10 & 22 plates ; (II) 3 ffnch - 104 pp - 32 plates (soiling). Bound in contemporary half blond basane. Gonsiorowski wet stamp. Third edition of this important treatise, which had a major influence on the teaching of architecture. All plates are mounted on a central tab. The book begins with generalities (qualities of materials, use, forms and proportions) and then moves on to composition (combination of elements, parts of buildings, whole buildings). It then develops several chapters in which buildings are classified by type: public buildings (temples, palaces, colleges, libraries, museums, observatories, lighthouses, market halls, theaters, hospitals, prisons, barracks, etc.) or private buildings (townhouses, apartments, kitchens, stables, sheds, farms, hotels, etc.). As in the copy in the Fowler collection, the plates in the first volume are numbered from 1 to 10 and then from 1 to 22, following the first and second parts of the course. Most of the finely engraved plates are by Charles Normand or Baltard.

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 59 - DURAND JLN Précis des leçons d'architecture données à l'Ecole Polytechnique. Paris, 1803. Very large in-4°, (I) 1 ffnch - viii - 110 pp - 1 ffnch - 10 & 22 plates ; (II) 3 ffnch - 104 pp - 32 plates (soiling). Bound in contemporary green half basane, boards rubbed, spine dusted Original edition of this important treatise, which had a major influence on the teaching of architecture. All plates are mounted on a central tab. The book begins with generalities (qualities of materials, use, forms and proportions) and then moves on to composition (combination of elements, parts of buildings, whole buildings). It then develops several chapters in which buildings are classified by type: public buildings (temples, palaces, colleges, libraries, museums, observatories, lighthouses, market halls, theaters, hospitals, prisons, barracks, etc.) or private buildings (townhouses, apartments, kitchens, stables, sheds, farms, hotels, etc.). As in the copy in the Fowler collection, the plates in the first volume are numbered from 1 to 10 and then from 1 to 22, following the first and second parts of the course. Most of the finely engraved plates are by Charles Normand or Baltard.

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 60 - Maille DUSSAUSOY, Le citoyen désinteressé, ou diverses idées patriotiques, concernant quelques établissemens et embellissemens utiles à la ville de Paris, analogues aux travaux publics qui se font dans cette Capitale, lesquels peuvent être adaptées aux principales Villes du Royaume & de l'Europe Première partie [Seconde partie]Paris, Gueffier, 1767-17682 vol. in-8°: faux-titre, frontispice gravé, titre, 2f. de dédicace, 1f. d'avis, 210p., 1f. 1 folding table, 3pl.; frontispiece, iv-233p., 1f., 1 folding plan. 20th-century half calf binding. Provenance: "St.-Mars" handwritten bookplates on both title pages. First edition of this uncommon work in which the author proposes numerous urban and architectural embellishment projects for the city of Paris. Of particular note are his thoughts on the expansion of Les Halles, the completion of the Louvre and Tuileries, the transfer of the Hôtel de Ville to the Louvre, and the construction of a new auditorium to house the Comédie Française, on the site of the Odéon. Dussausoy's work also took an urban planning approach, when he proposed the location of future fire pumps in the city or the elimination of the Hôtel-Dieu, in favor of nursing homes.

Starting price 180 EUR

Lot 61 - Charles Louis Gustave ECK, Pierre Dominique BAZAINE, Application générale du fer, de la fonte, de la tôle et des poteries, dans les constructions civiles, industrielles et militaires Premier volume. Traité de construction en poteries et fer,; Second volume. Traité de l'application du fer, de la fonte et de la tôle,Paris, Carilian-Goeury et Vor Dalmont, 18412 vol. in-folio: [first volume] 4f, 72p, 51pl, 21p, 15pl; [second volume] 4f, 115p, 63pl, 4p, 4pl, [mémoire de P.D.Bazaine] 32p, 13pl. some minor defects. Green cloth editorial bindings with black title-pieces, covers of boards replaced. Important work on the profound changes that iron and cast iron combined with brick would bring to the art of construction. A few years earlier, Viel had criticized the use of iron, mainly in stonework, but from the beginning of the 19th century, work on the construction of buildings and bridges in iron (Séguin) logically led to the use of this material for long-span buildings, but not only, as examples are given here of the Moscow triumphal arch and the transformations of the Palais Royal.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 62 - Armand Rose EMY, L. A. BARRÉ, Traité de l'art de la charpenterie... [plates], Paris, Carilian-Goeury et Anselin, [1837]-1841; [text], Liège, Avanzo, 1841-1842; Traité de l'art de la Charpenterie... More... Eléments de charpenterie métallique, by L.A. Barré [text and atlas], Paris, Dunod, 1873 [and 1870].2 vols. in-4° et 1 atlas in-folio et 1 vol. in 4° et un atlas in-4° pour le supplément: [vol.1] faux-titre, titre, 575 p.; [vol.2false-title, title, 670p.; [atlas] printed title, engraved frontispiece, 157 plates; [supplement text] viii-302p.; [supplement atlas] 2f. (title and table), 28 double plates. Several plates re-embossed [vol.1-2] bound in full contemporary blue percaline. [atlas] bound in green half calf circa 1930. A discreet repair at the top of the spine; [supplement] worn editorial cloth. First edition of the atlas and Belgian pirate edition of the two text volumes, given by d'Avanzo, who also plagiarized the Grand Durand and numerous French architectural works. Complete with supplement published by Dunod. Traité de charpente written by Emy, a colonel in the engineering corps and former Commandant of the École d'artillerie et du génie de Metz. He took part in Napoleon's campaigns and contributed his knowledge in two fields. Firstly, fortification, for use by engineering students, in which he dealt with the sizing of defensive works, taking into account the environment, topography and armament. Then - and this is the subject of this treatise - carpentry and the improvement of long-span structures. A worthy successor to Philibert de l'Orme, his process enabled the construction of buildings with spans of up to 15 meters - an immense innovation. In this respect, he is considered the inventor of glued laminated timber, since while studying the Wiebeking bridge built at Bemberg, Emy evaluated the possibility of introducing albumin glue between thin wooden plates to reinforce the strength of the arches. This remarkably well-documented work follows the entire timber preparation process, from the roughing and trimming of logs to their transport, the erection of scaffolding and, of course, all the construction elements - timber framing and flooring. But it also takes a historical and encyclopedic approach to carpentry, bringing together examples from many different periods and building traditions. Particularly noteworthy is the work illustrating the maintenance of caissons made by sculptors, perched on complex mobile scaffolding.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 63 - Exposition de 1937 2 volumes: Official Album & Pavillon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs Paperback (the Pavillon album is unclipped)

Current bid 14 EUR

Lot 64 - Antoine Marie PEYRE, Projets d'architecture, Paris, l'auteur, 1812 1 vol. in-folio (510 X 330 mm): 6p. (title and explanation of plates), 13 plates, 8 of which folded. Bound in period half vellum, with a delivery cover cut out and glued to the center of the upper cover. Antoine-Marie Peyre, nephew of Antoine-François and a pupil of Boulée and Regnard, was a government architect and member of the Conseil des bâtiments civils. Like Percier & Fontaine, he was very active during the French Revolution, Empire and Kingdoms, and was responsible for the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Marché Saint-Martin and the former abattoirs of the City of Paris, as well as the renovation of the Conciergerie. From 1824 to 1827, he restored the interior vaults of the Palais de Justice and the Quai de l'Horloge facade. He was also entrusted with the restoration of the Château de Maison, built by Maulard, and the Château d'Écouen, destined for the establishment of the daughters of the Legion of Honor.The present work describes several of his projects that were never realized: a monument for the Legion d'Honneur, on the site of the new Madeleine church, to be called the Temple de la Gloire, a project that won third prize in the competition opened on this subject by the Institut (1804) but never saw the light of day; an obelisk on the median of the Pont-Neuf, and a mineral water bath on the banks of a river near a major city. A very interesting compendium, in the spirit of Ledoux's treatises and Vaudoyer & Baltard's collections of architectural grand prix.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 65 - FABRE Jean Antoine Essai sur la manière la plus avantageuse de construire les machines hydrauliques et en particulier les moulins à bled. Paris, Jombert, 1783. In-4°, faux-titre - title - 2 ffnch - xvi - 402 pp & 6 filled plates (wetness at bottom of volume). Bound in contemporary full marbled basane, 5-rib spine decorated with gilt fillets (corners dulled, jaws split). First edition of this treatise, to be placed in the period immediately following the great famines of 1769 and 1770. It is closely related to Parmentier's efforts to find alternative sources of flour, and to optimize mill operations. The first part of the work deals with the calculation of hydraulic machines; the second is devoted to the construction of wheat mills and the calculation of their driving elements, as well as the effects of water on them; the third part gives technical rules for calculating gears, feed canals, runners and locks.

Starting price 120 EUR

Lot 66 - Barthélémy FAUJAS de SAINT-FOND, Recherches sur la pouzzolane, sur la théorie de la chaux et sur la cause de la dureté du mortier, avec la composition des différents ciments en Pouzzolane, & la manière de les employer...Grenoble et Paris, 1778 1 vol. in-8°: faux-titre, titre, 2 f. de dédicace à Mr de Sartine, x-125p. Early 19th-century marbled paper Bradel boards, black title page, yellow edges. Small library labels at head and foot of spine Provenance: red ochre stamp of Count de Lasteyrie on title page, mention of the Société d'encouragement de l'industrie nationale on title page Important work on materials qualification, precursor of a great school (Vicat, etc.) that would lead to the design of concrete, reinforced or not. To move beyond mere empiricism, a number of scientists sought to understand the relationship between the constructive qualities of certain materials and their behavior, in particular their watertightness and aging.

Starting price 180 EUR

Lot 67 - FOLLOT Documents de bijouterie et d'orfèvrerie modernes Paris, Laurens, circa 1900. 24 magnificent plates of art nouveau jewelry in color, in publisher's portfolio.

Current bid 410 EUR

Lot 68 - Giacomo FONTANA, Raccolta delle migliori chiese di Roma e suburbane, espresse in tavole disegnate ed incise da G. Fontana e corredate di cenni storici e descrittivi. Rome, Gio. Bat. Marini [vol. II-III Tipografia Salviucci], 1838 [1855]4 parts. in 2 vol. in-folio: faux-titre, title, 38p., 50pl.; title, 48p., 1f. table, 50pl.; title, 46p., 73pl.; title, 32p., 49pl. Minor traces of moisture at end and beginning of 2 vols. Bound in later red half-chagrin, corners replaced. First edition of this beautiful classical monograph, with plans, elevations and perspectives of the most beautiful churches in Rome and its suburbs (now partly integrated into the city). This monumental editorial work spanned several decades, and was printed in several luxurious editions until the end of the 19th century.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 69 - Jean FOURMY, Mémoire sur les hydrocérames [bound in suite]; Mémoire sur les ouvrages de terres cuites [bound in suite]; Essai sur les corps vitreux, Paris, l'auteur, 1802 - 18041 vol. in-8°: 40p., 1 pl.; 95p.; 80p. Early 19th-century marbled paper Bradel boards, black title page, yellow edges. Provenance: stamp of the Société d'Encouragement de l'industrie nationale. Related work to the previous one, beginnings of scientific and technical qualification of building materials.

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 70 - Alexandre Évariste FRAGONARD, Bernard POYET, Recueil des peintures et sculptures faites au corps législatif sous la direction de Poyette [sic], Paris, Fragonard, 1811 1 vol. small folio (285 X 235 mm): 24 folded in two and mounted on tabs. 6 more folds than in the BNF copy. Some foxing, particularly on the first plate, as is often the case. No title. The plates have been mounted in a book whose pages have been cut to serve as tabs. Black half-maroquin, smooth spine with gilt fillets and two red chagrin title-pieces. Collection of the first 4 quires of 6 plates, of the 6 planned for publication but never published in fine.

Starting price 280 EUR

Lot 71 - Roland FRÉART DE CHAMBRAY, Parallèle de l'architecture antique et de la moderne Paris, Edme Martin, 1650. 1 vol. in-folio: 6 f. (portrait-frontispice, title, dedicatory epistle, privilege), p. 1-209, ill. of 40 full-page engraved plates, 1 f. of explanation of terms. Some spotting and marks of use, not serious. Bound in restored contemporary full brown calf, corners and spine rebound, parts of ornaments preserved on spine. First edition of this work, which compares the versions of the main Italian and French authors to the ancient models, with a preference for Palladio. This treatise is in fact the first work of comparative architecture. In his preface, the author clearly sides with the ancients, preferring Greek architecture (of which he had only a theoretical knowledge) to "corrupt" Roman architecture. In his eyes, the Corinthian order as implemented in Solomon's Temple is "the flower of architecture, the Order of Orders".

Starting price 350 EUR

Lot 72 - FREZIER Dissertation sur les ordres d'architecture Strasbourg 1738. 65 pp - 1 ffnch & 1 filled plate. Paperback in antique paper cover (spotting) A work dealing with the comparative merits and utility of the different orders of architecture.

Current bid 32 EUR

Lot 73 - Paolo FUMAGALLI, Le rovine di Pompeia: tratatto pittorico, storivco e geometrico, Florence, 1825 / Pompeia. A picturesque, historical and geometric treatise: a work drawn on the spot between 1824 and 1827. Engraved and published by P. Fumagalli. Florence, at the Author's expense, [1827 ff]. 1 vol. in-folio: three title pages (the 1st in Italian dated 1825, the next 2 one in Italian, the other in French, undated), 60p. in Italian and French, [55]-XVII-[13]pl.; 5p. [plates relating to the discovered mosaic [sic]], 6pl. of which 1 enhanced, with gray gouache background, and another partially enhanced (a total of 91pl. mostly executed in aquatint). Modest condition, with mainly marginal spotting and foxing affecting the plates only slightly, and light angular spotting more marked on the text leaves. Contemporary boards, spine and corners rebound in green paper. Important work surveying the ruins of Pompeii, a site that has always made a strong impression on visitors to the Grand Tour.

Current bid 250 EUR

Lot 74 - GAILHABAUD l'architecture du Ve au XVIIe siècle Paris, Gide, 1858. 4 volumes large in-4° , numerous black & white and chromolithographic illustrations. Bound in emerald half-chagrin, spines with gilt fillets, library labels. Wet stamp of Gonsiorowski, architect in Odessa. First edition of this monumental work on architecture, which is still the authority on many monuments. A very fine copy.

Current bid 80 EUR

Lot 75 - GARNIER La Cité Industrielle Paris, Auguste Vincent, no date. In-folio, 9 ff introduction and table followed by 164 plates (plate no. 32 in facsimile), many in elephant format. Bound in green half-maroquin by Lardanchet, with the plates mounted on tabs and the large filled-in plans protected in paper sleeves mounted at the end of the book.

Starting price 800 EUR

Lot 76 - GARNIER L'habitation humaine. Paris Hachette, 1892. Fort in4°, 895 pp, bound in half red chagrin with corners. (spines cracked, rubbing).

Starting price 80 EUR

Lot 77 - GENETTE Nouvelle construction de cheminées Paris, Lambert, 1759. In-12, xxiv - 141 pp & 13 filled plates. Bound in full 20th-century paper. Rare first edition of this treatise on caminology, found only in a few libraries, unlike the second edition published in 1760 in Liège. This work deals with all aspects of chimneys, from the risks of smoking to heat diffusion and fire extinguishing devices.

Starting price 100 EUR

Lot 78 - GEORGES Intérieurs d'aujourd'hui Paris, Moreau, 1928. In folio, 2 ff & 40 plates, contemporary 1/2 green chagin. Portfolio bound here

Starting price 120 EUR

Lot 79 - Henri Augustin Victor GRANDJEAN DE MONTIGNY, Auguste FAMIN, Architecture toscane, ou palais, maisons, et autres édifices de la Toscane. Paris, De l'imprimerie de P. Didot l'ainé, [1806]-1815 1 vol. in-folio: viip. - 48p, engraved frontispiece, 109 plates, 1 f. (table of plates), 1 f. blank. Copy printed on Hollande paper. Excellent condition. Bound in period red half-maroquin with long grains, red paper boards, smooth spine decorated with ornamental greeks and vases. Minor wear to lower corners of boards. First edition of this collection by the architects Grandjean de Montigny and Famin, who won the Prix de Rome in 1799 and 1801. As such, they were guests at the Villa Medici for 4 years, studying Tuscan architecture. This work follows in the footsteps of Percier & Fontaine's first collection on the palaces of Rome. Grandjean et Famin's work is characterized by the use of line engraving, allowing for the rendering of essential elements and proportions rather than ornament. The plates include plans, elevations and perspectives of buildings in Siena, Arezzo, Pisa and Livorno. The present copy was exhibited in New York and Fontainebleau during the Charles Percier exhibitions.

Starting price 600 EUR

Lot 80 - Eugène GRASSET, Méthode de composition ornementale. Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 19052 vol. in-4°: faux-titre, title, xx-384 p., 7 pl. in color; faux-titre, title, 496p., 5 pl. Bound in the publisher's ornate green percaline. Provenance: Lotte libraryVery fine copy of this ornamental work in the purest Art Nouveau style. Eugène Grasset worked extensively on the presence of the living, whether plant or animal, in the composition of ornaments (furniture, wallpapers and fabrics as well as ceramics and jewelry), using the most precious materials for fluid, deceptively simple compositions.

Starting price 200 EUR

Lot 81 - GROMORT Grandes compositions exécutées Paris, Vincent, 1944. In-folio, 20 pp & 32 plates. Publisher's portfolio.

Starting price 50 EUR

Lot 82 - Louis Pierre HAUDEBOURT, Le Laurentin, maison de campagne de Pline le Jeune, restituée d'après la description de Pline, Paris, 1838. 1 vol. in-4° (265 X 180 mm): viii-237p. illustrated with vignettes and 2pl. Some foxing. Bound in contemporary night-blue half-chagrin. To be compared with n°113

Starting price 120 EUR

Lot 83 - Jacques Ignace HITTORF and Ludwig ZANTH, Modern architecture in Sicily... Paris, Chez l'auteur, [1826]-1835 1 vol. in-folio: [5] f. 65 p., frontispiece and 75 plates, one double. Some shorter plates in tail mounted on tabs. Very few brown spots, mainly marginal. Restored contemporary binding, green half-calf with 5 replaced false-nerves, blue paper boards rubbed. A logical complement to the previous work, published from 1827 by Hittorf, in the company of Zanth. Following these historical surveys, the duo decided to publish a second work devoted to modern buildings. The work includes numerous facade surveys, building plans and city views. The views of Messina are particularly valuable, as they provide a rare record of the city's condition before its complete destruction in the 1908 earthquake.

Current bid 600 EUR

Lot 84 - Jacques Ignace HITTORF, Les antiquités inédites de l'Attique contenant les restes d'architecture d'Eleusis, de Rhamnus, de Sunium et de Thoricus, par la société des Dilettanti, Paris, Didot, 1832 1 vol. in-folio: xiip., 2f., 63p., 60pl. Fine 1920s binding in red half-maroquin, spine with 5 faux-nerfs. A very good copy. Comprising a text published 15 years earlier in English and the iconography of original engravings by Hittorff, this is the French translation of The Unedited Antiquities of Attica, published in 1817 by archaeologist and architect William Wilkins, a member of the famous Dilettanti. The work is organized into 9 chapters, each corresponding to a particular site, with Wilkins' text preceding Hittorff's plates.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 85 - HOPE Atlas of the History of Architecture. Brussels, Méline, 1852. In volume in-8°, 97 lithographed plates. Bound in emerald green half chagrin, spines cracked.

Starting price 30 EUR

Lot 86 - J. C. HUET, Parallèle des temples anciens, gothiques et modernes Paris, Desenne et Lenormant, 1809. 1 vol. in-8°: 82 p., 1f. blank. Copy printed on blue paper. Bound in contemporary full shagreened calf (minor restoration). Gilt edges. Provenance: bookplate engraved on the upper flyleaf "A. P. M. Gilbert" Contribution on temple architecture, echoing those of Laugier and Julien-David Le Roy, in years when church construction was back on the agenda.

Starting price 100 EUR

Lot 87 - Charles Edouard ISABELLE, Les Édifices circulaires et les dômes, classés par ordre chronologique et considérés sous le rapport de leur disposition, de leur construction et de leur décoration. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, [1843] 1855 1 vol. in-plano: one delivery cover mounted on flyleaf, faux-titre, title, iij p - 152 p., 3 fig, and 82 pl. num. 1-78, including 6 pl. bis (3bis, 7bis, 14bis, 17 bis, 23 bis, 73 bis) and 3 pl. counting double (pl. 40,41, 54-55 and 59-60), i.e. 72 pl. on steel, 3 lithographs and 7 chromolithographs (pl. 3, 17, 36, 37, 51, 52, 63, Engelmann and Graf). This original monograph was published from 1843 to 1855). Marginal notes in German in the text in pencil, rare foxing in the text. Most plates in very good condition, a few with stains and foxing. Rough restoration to pl. 71-73bis. Provenance: library of the Berlin Architects' Association (Architekten-Verein, stamp and exit stamp): preserved invoice from the sale by the Architects' Association in 1909.

Starting price 250 EUR

Lot 88 - Charles Edouard ISABELLE, Parallèle des salles rondes de l'Italie par Isabelle, architecte du Gouvernement. 2nd edition, Paris, A. Lévy, 1863 1 vol. in-folio: 34 p., 2 ff. - color frontispiece, 3 double plates drawn by Isabelle and engraved by Hibon. Vintage red half-chagrin with 5 faux-nerfs, decorated with fleurons.the color frontispiece was engraved ("lith.") by Kellerhoven and the chromolithography by Hangard et Mange, Paris.

Starting price 220 EUR

Lot 89 - JEAURAT Traité de Perspective à l'usage des artistes. Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1750. In-4°, vi pp - (1 ff nch d'approbation) - 240 pp - (1 ff banc) and 119 plates numbered I to C, engraved full-page as well as 2 vignettes by Soubeyran and 56 culs-de-lampe by Babel, Cochin and Marvye. Bound in full contemporary marbled basane, 5-ribbed spine, red title page (jaws cracked, headpieces missing, defects to caissons). First edition of this treatise on perspective, divided into 116 mathematical lessons. The plates are numbered from 1 to 100, and 19 are repeated, as the text of the lesson is spread over two pages. The author, in his great delicacy, preferred to reproduce the figure so that the reader could always benefit from both the text and the facing image. Our copy does not include the ten plates representing the five orders of architecture and the shadows cast at the end of the volume, which are not included in all copies.

Starting price 100 EUR

Lot 90 - Matthias Fortunat KOLLER, Ein hundert und vierzig Kupfertafeln zum praktischen Baubeamten der zweyten verbesserten Auflage vom Jahre 1800. 1 vol. in-folio, plates only: 140 pl. num. 1-140 (41 bound in fine) of which 44pl. enhanced (the title announces 140pl.). Contemporary boards, spine restored, title page preserved. Very good conditionAn important work for understanding architecture and the art of building in the German-speaking world at the turn of the 19th century. Very fine plates.

Starting price 600 EUR

Lot 91 - 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.

Starting price 250 EUR

Lot 92 - KRAFFT Recueil des plues jolies maisons de Paris et de ses environs (deuxième partie) Paris, Scherff, 1809. One small Italianate folio volume, 96 engraved plates, in contemporary blue paper bindings (bindings faded, corners dull) Only atlas of the second part of Krafft's survey of the most beautiful houses in the Paris region.

Starting price 150 EUR

Lot 93 - Jean Charles KRAFFT, Recueil d'architecture civile, contenant les plans, coupes et élévations des châteaux, maisons de campagne, et habitations rurales situées aux environs de Paris et dans les départemens voisins [Paris, Bance, 1806-1812]1 vol. in small folio format: delivery cover printed on blue paper, cut out and reassembled in the format used as title page, 125 plates, including 6 plates from Dubut's collection, 2 large folding plates counting double and plate 8 in duplicate. The plates have been folded and mounted in a register in which the cut pages have been used as tabs. 7 plates come from another copy and bear a stamp. A few minor flaws Bound in contemporary half parchment, smooth spine with gilt fillets, one title-piece An attractive copy of this work, which appeared in installments starting in 1806 and went through several complete editions during the 19th century, so its composite nature is not surprising. A collection of essentially picturesque constructions (factories, country houses, temples, etc.). Krafft's work follows in Le Rouge's footsteps, offering rich European owners (the text is trilingual) models of exemplary achievements. This collection is particularly interesting because it faithfully portrays a number of buildings that have now disappeared, destroyed by man or, in the case of the most fragile, simply by the passage of time. Krafft makes no secret of his borrowings from Le Rouge, particularly for the Désert de Retz. Among the most famous names are Ledoux, Huvé, Chalgrin, Bélanger and Mandar. And among the sites described, there are as many in and around Paris (Château de Ville d'Avray, Madame Elisabeth's estate) as in England and Germany.

Starting price 450 EUR

Lot 94 - Jean Charles KRAFFT, Recueil des plus jolies maisons de Paris et de ses environs. Deuxième partie, Paris, l'auteur, J.L. Scherff, 1809. 1 vol. in-folio oblong: title, foreword, frontispiece, 89 plates including 7 double num. 1-96 Moderate foxing and creasing to title page and text leaf. Faded octagonal stamp on title page. Original carmine glue paper boards, black title page. A very good copy of this monograph on Krafft's "country" houses. The buildings, often garden "follies", are mostly located and their owners identified. Line engraving, which Krafft was instrumental in popularizing in his works, gives a light, airy rendering, concentrating on proportions and ornamental details. The work of this architect, best known for his graphic work, is complicated to classify because he reused the same plates, sometimes marginally amended, in different publications with slightly different names, thus enabling a wider commercial distribution of his writings. This collection was reprinted several times up to the mid-19th century.

Starting price 400 EUR

Lot 95 - Pierre LAMPUÉ, Envois de Rome. Période moderne, Paris, Lampué, [ca. 1875]1 vol. broadside containing 59 albumen prints mounted on 59f. blue card, all bearing Lampué's dry stamp. Leaves curled but good condition. Bound in period mauve half-chagrin with 5 faux-nerfs. Very good condition Collection of photographs by Lampué, a pioneer in the photography of competition entries. The new process spared engraving work, while avoiding disputes when an engraving differed from the original drawing.

Starting price 200 EUR

Lot 96 - LANDON Vies et oeuvres des peintres les plus célèbres Paris, Landon, 1809. 4 volumes in-4°, bound in half cloth.

Starting price 150 EUR

Lot 97 - Charles Paul LANDON, Jean-Baptiste Benoit BARJAUD, Description de Londres et de ses édifices..., Paris, Landon, 1810 1 vol. in-8°: viiip. including false-title and title, 1 enhanced folding map, 239p., 50 pl., 4p. "Indication of the numbers and letters of the London map". Contemporary blue boards, red title page, full margins in very good condition. The London counterpart to the Parisian publication, Description de Paris et de ses édifices, this work is intended as a pocket guide to London's main tourist destinations. It's interesting to note that, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, overseas tourism was finding its audience!

Starting price 120 EUR

Lot 98 - Léon LANGLOIS, Nouvelles habitations rurales et constructions agricoles avec plans, coupes élévations et détails côtés Paris, Monrocq, 1891 2 vols. in-4°: 3 ff. 100 pl. num. 1 to 25 A to D ; 3 ff. 100 pl. num. 26A to 50D. Publisher's lace-up wallets. Rare set of 50 sheets printed in color by Boisgontier in single recto and folded in 4 to form a total of 200 pl. Each sheet of 4 pl. presents the monograph of an agricultural building: house, henhouse, pigsty, etc., in plan, section, elevation and details, accompanied by descriptive elements.

Starting price 250 EUR

Lot 99 - Incunable of French lithography] Charles Philibert LASTEYRIE DU SAILLANT, Collection de machines, instruments, ustensiles, constructions, appareils, etc., employés dans l'économie rurale, domestique et industrielle, Paris, l'auteur ["De l'établissement lithographique du comte de Lasteyrie], 1820 [1821] 2 t. in 1 vol. in-4°: title, 46 f. of text and table, 100 pl. [pl.6 of the "irrigation" part has not appeared]; title, 45 f. of text and table, 100 pl. 2 cm repair at the top of the title page, small marginal wetness affecting some twenty leaves at the end of the 2nd volume. Binding rebacked, brown calf spine replaced, part of title page retained. Rare incunabulum on lithography, by one of France's pioneers in the field. A very complete and well-illustrated work that covers not only rural architecture, but also a whole range of features such as hedges and fences, as well as the tools and practices used for various types of field work.

Starting price 300 EUR

Lot 100 - Marc Antoine LAUGIER, Essai sur l'architecture; [bound in suite] Félix-François d'ESPIE, Manière de rendre toutes sortes d'édifices incombustibles ou Traité de la construction des voûtes, faites avec des briques et du plâtre, dites voûtes plates et d'un toit de brique, sans charpente appelé comble briqueté, Paris, Duchesne, 1753& Paris, Duchesne, 1754 1 vol. in-12° : xvivp., 1f. (table), 293p. 9f, 2f. folded manuscript reading notes dated 1763; 80p. 2 large folding plates. Bound in full contemporary calf, lower jaw cracked but not detached. The binding features an undoubtedly revolutionary "gumming" of the gilded coat of arms at the foot of the spine, replaced by a piece adorned with a simple fleuron. Rare reunion of two works published a year apart by the same publisher. First edition of Laugier's first treatise, without the plates that only appear in the following edition. Abbé Laugier's work is a classic by this famous French amateur, who along with Blondel was one of the most influential architectural theorists of the Age of Enlightenment. Laugier's Essai, which advocates strict principles for the use of architectural elements, is considered a turning point and an important impetus for the change in taste of the period. The Comte d'Espie's work develops his theory on the construction of Roussillon, Saracen or Catalan-style vaults, enabling the replacement of framed ceilings and roof timbers with fireproof brick and plaster vaults. He used this technique in his private mansion in Toulouse, before it was adopted throughout Europe. Provenance: label on upper flyleaf "du fonds de Mathevon, libraire, quai du Rhône, près le Bon-rencontre, Lyon", stamp "Raymond Nöel" above this label and on both title pages.

Starting price 220 EUR

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Lot 2 - Anonymous Boston Fascicule in-8° approx. 30 B&W photos, in attractive illustrated cover (leaves disagreed)

Lot 3 - Anonyme Nouveautés architecturales Hélio-Edition, Paris, circa 1900. Art-nouveau portfolio, In folio, 31 (of 32) loose plates depicting fine Parisian buildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Lot 4 - Anonymous 54 views of Paris and Versailles Slnd; Paris circa 1890. Small Italian-sized folio. Reproductions of drawn views of the capital and the château. One plate torn but not missing

Lot 6 - Anonymous Wiener neubeauten im style der secession Vien, Schroll, 1904. In folio in publisher's engraved portfolio, 77 black and white reproductions printed on 65 plates.

Lot 8 - Anonymous / Architecture et Art Décoratif Français 1936 Francia 1936 Milan, Domus, 1936. Small in-4° cloth-covered volume, numerous photos of buildings and works of art.

Lot 9 - Anon / Exposition coloniale de 1931 Le plus beau voyage à travers le monde Italian-style folio in publisher's lithographed cover

Lot 10 - Art & Décoration Le salon des artistes décorateurs June 1927 magazine donated by Levy, magnificent cover, advertisements and photos from the period.

Lot 16 - BENEDICTUS Relais Paris, 1930, In-folio in publisher's portfolio, 15 superb stencil plates

Lot 18 - BERENSON Disegni di maestri fiorentini del Rinascimento in Firenze Radio Italiana, 1954. In-folio 187 pp including numerous reproductions of early drawings. Paperback in original wrappers. mint condition

Lot 31 - CHAMPIER Documents d'Atelier Paris, Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1898. Small in-folio in-4° format, title & 60 plates, many in color (title page torn, foxing to plates, without 3 pages of text). In publisher's printed portfolio.

Lot 33 - CHOISY L'Art de Batir chez les romains Ducher, 1873. In folio in loose boards in portfolio, 216 pp & 24 plates

Lot 38 - COMBE Le Boulevard Haussmann Devambez 1927. In folio in publisher's portfolio, 37 pp & 5 pl hors texte in loose leaves

Lot 39 - COOK Architecture & Building / New builder's Magazine 1819. 2 volumes in one large in-4° volume, numerous plates, at least the title page is missing, working copy incomplete and in poor condition, English work very copiously illustrated in the neo-antique taste.

Lot 42 - COUSSIN Du Génie de l'Architecture Bound in half brown basane, first cover torn off, title page missing.

Lot 46 - de la CROIX Etude sur le théâtre gallo-romain des Bouchauds (Charente). Atlas et texte Angoulème 1908, small in-8° and portfolio in-folio format. Complete with 14 plates. Rare archaeological and architectural study of Gallo-Roman remains.

Lot 56 - DUPORTAL Charles Percier Architecte Paris, Rousseau, 1931. Paperback, numerous illustrations in and out of text

Lot 63 - Exposition de 1937 2 volumes: Official Album & Pavillon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs Paperback (the Pavillon album is unclipped)

Lot 67 - FOLLOT Documents de bijouterie et d'orfèvrerie modernes Paris, Laurens, circa 1900. 24 magnificent plates of art nouveau jewelry in color, in publisher's portfolio.

Lot 72 - FREZIER Dissertation sur les ordres d'architecture Strasbourg 1738. 65 pp - 1 ffnch & 1 filled plate. Paperback in antique paper cover (spotting) A work dealing with the comparative merits and utility of the different orders of architecture.

Lot 76 - GARNIER L'habitation humaine. Paris Hachette, 1892. Fort in4°, 895 pp, bound in half red chagrin with corners. (spines cracked, rubbing).

Lot 78 - GEORGES Intérieurs d'aujourd'hui Paris, Moreau, 1928. In folio, 2 ff & 40 plates, contemporary 1/2 green chagin. Portfolio bound here

Lot 81 - GROMORT Grandes compositions exécutées Paris, Vincent, 1944. In-folio, 20 pp & 32 plates. Publisher's portfolio.

Lot 85 - HOPE Atlas of the History of Architecture. Brussels, Méline, 1852. In volume in-8°, 97 lithographed plates. Bound in emerald green half chagrin, spines cracked.

Lot 96 - LANDON Vies et oeuvres des peintres les plus célèbres Paris, Landon, 1809. 4 volumes in-4°, bound in half cloth.