Lot 4: BLONDEL, Jacques Francois (1705-74). Planches Pour

BLONDEL, Jacques Francois (1705-74). Planches Pour le Premier [Second, Troisieme, Quatrieme] Volume du Cours d' Architecture, qui contient les lecons donnees en 1750, & les annees suivantes. Paris: chez Desaint, 1771-73. 4 plate volumes bound in 2, 8vo. 238 engraved plates, many folding or double-page (vol. III is without plates numbered LIII or LXVII, but it has an extra plate XL Bis; vol. IV has 2 plates numbered XXXIX, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary calf (spine lacking from one volume, rubbed). Provenance: J. Brion (early signatures on front free endpapers). Berlin Kat. 2429; Fowler 51; Millard 29. A fine collection of plates of architecture and formal gardens, in very fresh condition. (2)