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<dl><dd>Engraved illustrated t.p. and 27 full-page or double-page engraved ill. They are reduced copies of Thomas de Leu's 22 double-page engravings after Perret's drawings, as these appeared in the Paris ed. of ca. 1601. There is some simplification, reversal, and redistribution of the images over a larger number of smaller plates. The large garden plan (leaves [15]-[16] of the Paris ed.) has been omitted entirely. Letterpress text with historiated woodcut initials</dd>
<dd>Binding: old limp vellum</dd>
<dd>Inscription in pencil on front free endpaper recto: de Ste. Vrsule de Vitteaux 1640. This repeats an inscription beneath, which was written over by a later owner: Benigne Marion 1742 voizée de Semur en Auxois; a similar inscription dated 2 octobre 1742 appears on the back free endpaper verso, also written over an older inscription. At upper left-hand corner of t.p. and at end of text is property stamp in blue ink of R. Dardel. A flourished signature on t.p. verso has been blotted out</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Architecture; Military architecture</div>
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Perret, Jacques, writer on architecture</div>
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