ANTOINE (Jean architecte & arpenteur général... Lot 8

ANTOINE (Jean architecte & arpenteur général du département de Metz) - Traité d'architecture, ou proportions des trois ordres grecs sur un module de douze parties. Trèves et se vend à Nancy, Imprimerie de son Altesse Electorale Sérénissime, et chez Gervois et Marchal, 1768; in-4, 52 ppnch. + 186 pp. bound in contemporary full marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, edges painted red. Illustrated with 29 plates and numerous woodcut figures in the text. Chartener 1093: "... a rare and curious work for a Messinian. It contains in fact, but unfortunately crudely carved in wood : the plan of the portal church of Saint-Vincent in Metz, with the modifications that have been made; the project for a Place Royale in front of the great Rose of the cathedral in Metz; this project was not carried out; the plan of the bishopric of Toul; the plan of the church at Montmédy, a building at Senones in the Vosges, the plan of the Abbey of Saint-Mathias at Trèves, the basilica or Porte Noire at Trèves, the description of the castle park at Wittlich, between Trèves and Coblence, etc. ". Langlard 103. Consultant: Mr. Philippe HENRY