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FRÉZIER. The Theory and Practice of Stone and Timber Cutting for the Construction of Vaults and Other Parts of Civil and Military Buildings, or Treatise on Stereotomy for Architectural Use. Strasbourg, J.-D. Doulsseker; Paris, J.H. Guérin, 1737-1739. 3 vols. 4°, frontispice, [12]-XVI-424 p., 27 plates dépl. ; [20]-503-1bl. p., and [14]-417-1bl. + Frézier. dissertation on architectural orders. Strasbourg, J.D. Doulsseker, 1738, 4°, 65-1bl.-2] p. (1 leaf was not printed, i.e. 4 pages; those of another copy were added), or a frontispiece, 3 title vignettes, a head vignette and 114 full calf period folding plates, spines with decorated ribs, title pieces (restored and reinforced bindings, front jaws of the 3rd vol. split, inside in good condition, qqs rare clear marginal wet. work of verses in the white inner margin of the 3rd vol.). Original edition. Engineer by training, Amédée-François Frézier (1682-1773) belongs to the generation of encyclopedists by his ambition to put knowledge in order, as he proposes it here with "La Théorie et la Pratique de la coupe des pierres". This manual was written for the students of Jacques-François Blondel's school, whose "Architecture Course" contains only a small chapter on the subject.
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