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BLONDEL (J. F.). COURS d'Architecture, ou Traité de la Décoration, Distribution & Construction des Bâtimens, Contenant les Leçons Données en 1750 & les Années Suivantes. Paris. 1771. - BLONDEL (J. F.) COURS d'Architecture, ou Traité de la Décoration, Distribution & Construction des Bâtimens, Contenant les Leçons Données en 1750 & les Années Suivantes . Publié de l'Aveu de l'Auteur, par M. R***. Paris: Chez Desaint, 1771. 4 v. texto + 4 v. em 2 de grav.: xxxiv, 478, [2] pp.; [4], lxiv, 468, [4] pp.; [4], cii, [2], 460 pp.; [4], cxiv, [2], 432 pp.; [6] pp., XXII est.; [2] pp., XCIII est.; [4] pp., LXXIII, [1] est.; [4] pp., LI, [1] est.: il.; 200 mm. First edition of the Cours d'Architecture , known as the ”Petit Blondel” to distinguish it from the Architecture françoise in folio (the ”Grand Blondel”). A fundamental work of teaching and theory of classical French architecture of the 18th century, based on the lessons given by Jacques-François Blondel (Rouen, 1705 - Paris, 1774) at his École des Arts from 1750, and later at the Académie Royale d'Architecture, where he was appointed professor in 1762. The work, divided into six volumes of text corresponding to the three Vitruvian parts of architecture – decoration, layout, and construction – was published from 1771 onwards; the last two volumes of text, absent here, were completed after Blondel's death by his disciple Pierre Patte (1723-1812). The four volumes of engravings presented here were published with their own frontispiece. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate