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1. Architecture et Parties qui en Dépendent (Architecture and Related Parts) Vol. 1 (1751) and the Supplementary Plates Volume (1777) Paris $2,790 / £2,250 de Panthemont by François Franque, for the church of the Panthemont, and the Town Hall of Rouen designed by Le Carpentier. Other plans 33 pages of descriptive text & 73 loose plates with their accompanying include private houses and further Blondel work, alongside designs for 10 text sheets. Slight browning to margins, a little spotting otherwise the interiors of new rooms at the Palais Royale. A display of some of the very good. most important building work at the time, this large suite of plates is also The 39 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Architecture et Parties of interest as a historical record of buildings and interiors now lost or qui en Dépendent from volume I of plates, with the additional 34 plates altered. from the Supplementary Volume of Plates. Plates from volume I are There are also many plates from the supplement, which again cover a numbered 1-39 with thirteen double plates (plates 13, 15-20, 22-24, 27, variety of topics. Starting with further plates on the five orders, more 28 & 36). Plate 3 has an inch-long tear from the bottom edge. measured drawing is included as well. A large section of this The supplementary plates come in 5 sets. The first of these sets in entitled supplementary suite is devoted to the Bagne de Brest , where Eugène Architecture and these seventeen plates are numbered 1-17. The second François Vidocq was famously held. With designs by Raphael and Carac, set is entitled Bagne de Brest , and these are numbered 1-3, with two magnificent plans by Charles De Wailly are also displayed. The double plates. The next set is entitled Sallon Plan and contains four plates penultimate set in this suite contains nine theatre designs, with both and these are all double plates. The penultimate set is entitled Théatre interior and exterior views. The suite then closes with a final plate and these nine plates are numbered 1-9 with one double plate. The last concerning Architecture Navale and tools used in the art. set, Architecture Navale contains one plate which is not numbered. The main article for Architecture by Jaques-François Blondel is included With nineteen text sheets, all the plates from the main volumes are with these plates alongside many other relevant entries. A good described in great depth. A complete guide to architecture, in particular introduction to the plates, it is testament to Blondel’s understanding and that contemporary to the Encyclopédie , these plates are also very knowledge of architecture. Professor at his own École des arts , Blondel attractive. The five orders are examined and