VIGNOLA Nouveau livre des cinq ordres d'architecture... Lot 168

VIGNOLA Nouveau livre des cinq ordres d'architecture enrichi de différents cartels, morceaux d'architecture, portails, fontaines, baldaquins. Paris, Daumont, s.d. (circa 1770). In-folio, title - 44 engraved plates numbered from 2 to 45, the title page counting as the first (wetness affecting the first pages). Working copy of this interesting edition of Vignole, which, in addition to the classic representations of the orders, features numerous examples of localized and attributed contemporary architecture: the Baldaquin of the Oratoire church by Caquet; the high altar of Saint Sauveur by Blondel; the fountain on rue Grenelle by Bouchardon, the facades of Saint-Sulpice by Servandoni, the facade of Saint-Eustache by Mansart de Jouy. The plates are by Poulleau, himself a former pupil of Clérisseau, and Le Canu.