Laugier (Marc Antoine) — Essai Sur L'architecture

Duchesne Book measures 16x11.cm. xxxi,xiv,[2],293,pp, 5pp. approbation/privilege and errata at end. Bound in full period mottled/cat's paw calf. At some time, the book has been rebacked, retaining most of the original spine. Raise bands, gilt tooling, leather label, full coloured edges, marble endpapers. Calf rubbed, some abrasion wear, some minor repairs on corners. Generally a very nice firm binding. Internally, pages in very good clean condition. A very nice well bound copy This copy, inscribed on free endpaper, inscription of Paul Béraud "An. 5...missus a Lugdunensibus” to front free endpaper and another explaining that Béraud was “deputé de la ville de Lyon au Conseil des 500. Paul Emilien Béraud (1751-1836), lawyer from Lyons (Rhône), who was elected to represent Lyons in the Conseil des Cinq-Cents, France’s functioning legislative assembly between 1795 and its suppression by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799.F First Edition Paris Very Good Small 8vo