1 p.l., vi, 40 pp. 8vo, antique marbled paper wrappers. Paris: Bréart & Lebrun, [“1811“ supplied in manuscript].

The very rare auction catalogue, fully priced and oftentimes with buyers’ names in a contemporary hand, containing a rich library on architecture and engineering. Raymond (1742-1811), chief architect of the Louvre and one of the original architects of the Arc de Triomphe selected by Napoleon, won the Grand Prix of the French Académie d’Architecture in 1766 and completed numerous projects throughout France. He began as a pupil of Blondel and Soufflot, and spent eight years in Italy, where he became an admirer of Palladio... More about Vente après le Décès de…d’une Collection de quelques Tableaux…et d’une des plus...

Fine added engraved title, title with engraved vignette, a large engraved headpiece, engraved text illus., & 20 engraved plates, Titles printed in red & black. 6 p.l., 256, [68] pp.; 4 p.l., 430, [30] pp. Two vols. Folio, cont. mottled sheep (minor rubbing), spines gilt, green & brown leather lettering pieces on spines. Frankfurt & Leipzig: J.G. Lochner, 1733.

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—. Codex Diplomaticus Antiquitatum Nordgaviensium, Ordine chronologico digestus…cum Praefixa Veteris Nordgaviae Mappa geographica. Accedunt Hodoeporicum Willibaldinum et Vitae Willibaldinae scriptor anonymus… Added engraved allegorical frontis. & one large folding hand-colored engraved map. 4 p.l., 468, 124, [44] pp. Folio, cont. mottled sheep (minor rubbing), spine gilt, contrasting leather lettering... More about Antiquitates Nordgavienses oder Nordgauische Alterthümer und Merckwürdigkeiten,...

This archive includes hundreds of documents, manuscript and printed, including original detailed drawings, blueprints, schematics, government reports (some classified), photographs, rubbings, & various ephemera. Nara, Kyoto, & Tokyo: 1903-38.

An important archive. Inamori, a native of Nara, was a prominent government architect and engineer specializing in the reconstruction, renovation, and preservation of shrines and temples. Over the course of his 40-year career, which he began as a trainee in Kyoto’s regional department devoted to preserving monuments, he participated in and led innovative efforts to rebuild, restore, and preserve Japan’s most iconic temples and shrines, such as Todai-ji, Horyu-ji, Daikaku-ji, and the Byodo-in... More about The professional archive of Kenji Inamori (active 1903-44), prominent architect & engineer in...

Title within finely engraved & elaborate architectural border and 27 engraved plates (four double-page or folding). Collation as in Mortimer: “four preliminary leaves, one additional leaf of printed text (leaf [32]), & 27 engraved plates on leaves 5-31, 33-36.” Large folio, cont. speckled calf (joints a little cracked but strong), double gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. From the second leaf: “Roma, In Casa Nostra,” 1559.

Fifth edition (1st ed.: 1552) of this important work in the study of classical architecture and one of the earliest architectural treatises illustrated with copper plates, in place of woodcuts and printed text. The... More about Libro d’Antonio Labacco appartenente a l’Architettura nel qual si figurano alcune notabili...

Engraved vignette on title & divisional title, an engraved head-piece, & 22 engraved plates (one double-page). 5 p.l., 172, [2], 185-328 pp. Large 4to, fine cont. red straight-grained morocco, gilt fillets round sides, turn-ins gilt, spine finely gilt, contrasting green morocco labels on spine, a.e.g. [London]: B. & J. White, 1796.

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—. The Literary Life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq. By Himself. Engraved frontis. port. of the author, two engraved plates, and one engraved double-page & folding hand-colored plate. 3 p.l., 144 pp. Large 4to. London: B. & J. White & R. Faulder, 1793. More about The History of the Parishes of Whiteford, and Holywell.

13 folding engraved plates (including maps, views, & plans). vi, [16] pp. (subscribers, directions to the binder (in duplicate), and table of contents), [ix]-xxi, [1], [23]-434 pp.; 429, [7] pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. polished calf (foot of spine of Vol. I with slightest wear), double gilt fillet round sides, spines richly gilt. Dublin: Printed by A. Reilly for the Author, 1750.

First edition and a lovely set in fresh contemporary polished calf. Smith (ca. 1715-62), topographer, wrote a series of county histories which were the first of their kind in Ireland. He founded, along with others, both the Physico-Historical Society and Medico-Philosophical Society of Dublin... More about The Antient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, in Four Books. I. Containing, the...