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BOFFRAND (Germain) Livre d'architecture contenant...

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BOFFRAND (Germain) Livre d'architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art. Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1745. In-folio, fawn half-basane (modern binding). First edition, decorated with 69 engraved plates, many of them double-page or folding, showing plans and sections of various buildings and other edifices. A fine architectural book by Boffrand (1667-1754), a pupil of Mansart and architect to Duke Léopold in Lunéville. Lined boards