Lot 24: BLONDEL, Jacques Fran‡ois (1705-1774). Cours d'architecture ou trait‚ de la d‚coration, distribution & construction des bƒtiments. Paris: Desaint, 1771-1777.

12 volumes in 9 (6 text volumes, 3 plate volumes), 8 o (197 x 121 mm). Half-titles in vols. V and VI only; final errata in Vol. I, privilege leaves in Vol. II. 377 engraved plates, many folding (some plates slightly soiled, few old paper repairs on verso). Contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt (minor losses to heads of spines, a bit rubbed). FIRST EDITION of the "Petit Blondel," continued after the author's death by his pupil Pierre Patte (1723-1812) and containing "his entire lifetime experience as an architect and a teacher" (Millard). Berlin Kat. 2429; Fowler 51; Millard 29. (9).