Description: Title: Recueil Elémentaire d'Architecture contenant Plusieurs Etudes des Ordres d'Architecture d'après l'Opinion des Anciens et le Sentiment des Modernes.Author: NEUFFORGE, Jean François de (1714-1791)Publication: Paris, chez L’Auteur.Edition: 1757.Description: 390 X 290mm. 147 plates in total including titles, period leather binding.Jean-François de Neufforge (1714 - 1791) was a Belgian architect and engraver, known for his "Recueil elementaire d'architecture," a book of architectural engravings. The series of books on architecture, published in Paris between 1757 and 1780, contained 900 engravings depicting aspects of 18th century architecture, most of which Neufforge himself designed and engraved. The engravings cover the full range of buildings of his time - including facades, floor plans, doors, columns, vases, staircases, fireplaces and fences. The book was widely used by architects in the 18th century. Heavy rubbing of the binding, cracking of the leather of the binding near the spine, staining and rubbing on the pages in places (without affecting the content), rubbing of the page edges. Plate nr 141 with a tear. Please see pictures.
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: Paris
Language: French
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: Europe
Author: Jean François de Neufforge
Publisher: chez L’Auteur
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Topic: Architecture
Subject: Home & Garden
Year Printed: 1757
Original/Facsimile: Original
