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Jacques Francois Blondel
b.1705 d.1774
Jacques Francois Blondel was perhaps the most influential figure in architecture in the 18th century, as architect for Louis XV. His teachings and theories constitute the first "body of doctrines" in the  building of French architectural theory. More importantly however, he established the Ecole des Arts in 1740, which gave rise to some of the most gifted and influential architects of the next generation: Boullee, Brongniart,  Chalgrin, Chambers, Desprez, de Wailly, Gondoin, Ledoux, and Rondelet to name just a few. L'architecture Francais was his most important work, and one of the most important architectural works ever produced, providing analysis of historical conditions for each architectural example (many of which are otherwise unrecorded), as well as illustrations of formal solutions of a vast repertory of monumental and domestic buildings. The work was begun in 1752, with the completion of the fourth volume in 1756. The resulting masterpiece composes a "valuable, extensive, written and visual record of France's architectural past."
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Blondel, Jacques-Francois
Reimpression de L'Architecture Francaise.
$3000.00
Paris: Librairie Centrale (1904) Leather. Very Good. Folio, 4 Volumes, Rebound in 1/2 Green Morocco with original boards. Large Folios - 18 1/2" x 13". Ex - Library copy, but expertly rebound with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, no exterior library markings. New endpapers bound in. All four volumes of this historically important work are complete with both text and 500 plates, many of which fold out double, triple, and quadruple. There are tears and repairs to many of the plates (high quality photogravure reproductions of the original engravings), especially the larger ones which fold out, but they are complete, and many are very good with no marks or tears. There are a few internal library marks, and some tape repairs, along with the occasional smudge and/or dirty fingerprint, but overall this is a complete copy of a very rare work in an exquisite binding. French Edition.
$3000.00
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