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<dl><dd>Engraved frontispiece by Claude Lucas in v. 1; added engraved title-page in v. 2; head- and tail-pieces; decorative initials; some head-pieces signed: Papillon inv et fecit</dd>
<dd>Has been wrongly attributed to C.E. Briseux. The anonymous treatises in v. 1 were commissioned by C. Jombert. Of the plates constituting v. 2, unsigned plates 1-130 are by G. Tiercelet; 131-144 are signed by J. Courtonne as designer. Cf. Journal of the Soc. of Architectural Historians, v. 18, 1959, p. 60-62</dd>
<dd>(from title-pages) t. 1. Contenant cinq traités: 1. De la construction &amp; de l'employ des materiaux. 2. De la distribution de toutes sortes de places. 3. De la maniere de faire les devis. 4. Du toisé des bâtimens selon la coûtume de Paris. 5. Des us &amp; coûtumes concernant les bâtimens &amp; raports des jurez experts -- t. 2. Contenant soixante distributions de maisons, la plûpart nouvellement bâties, avec leurs plans, elevations &amp; coupes, levez et dessinez très-exactement, le tout en cent cinquante planches gravées en taille-douce</dd>
<dd>Brunet</dd>
<dd>Library's c. 2 has section 2 "De la distribution de toutes sortes de places" (59 p.) bound in at the beginning of v. 2</dd>
<dd>Library's c. 1 bound in sprinkled calf; spine gilt tooled with brief title; edges stained red</dd>
<dd>Library's c. 2 bound in mottled calf; spine gilt tooled with brief title; edges stained red; Giovanni Muzio's etched bookplate by Giacomo Manzù, now covered with photoreproduction lacking the names, on front pastedown</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Architecture, Domestic; Architecture</div>
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<dl><dd>Jombert, Claude</dd>
<dd>Briseux, Charles Étienne, -1754</dd>
<dd>Tiercelet, Gilles</dd>
<dd>Courtonne, Jean, 1671-1739</dd>
<dd>Papillon, Jean-Michel, 1698-1776</dd>
<dd>Lucas, Claude, active 18th century</dd></dl></div>
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