NEUFFORGE (Jean-François de). Recueil élémentaire... - Lot 50 - Chayette & Cheval

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NEUFFORGE (Jean-François de). Recueil élémentaire... - Lot 50 - Chayette & Cheval
NEUFFORGE (Jean-François de). Recueil élémentaire d'architecture... A Paris, chez l'auteur, [1757]-1768. 8 volumes in 4 folio volumes. - Supplement... [1772-1776]. 1 volume in folio. That is to say 5 volumes. First edition of this important collection of engraved plates, one of the peaks of the architectural book in France in the mid-eighteenth century. Jean-François de Neufforge, a native of the Liège region, came to Paris in 1738 where he studied engraving and architecture under Jacques-François Blondel. His Recueil highlights "the beginnings of a return to classicism and the development of the characteristic forms of the Greek style, mixing ancient and High Renaissance references. The work was well received by the Academy. In his two additional volumes (1772 and 1780) the evolution of his style shows the influence of Peyre and Palladio" (Notice INHA). The rare copies complete with all the plates including the two supplements (the second one, published in 1780, is absent here) must contain 914 plates. This one contains a total of 765 plates. 1. Vol. 1 2. Half brown basane, spine ribbed (worn binding, upper board detached). [2] f. (title vol. 1, general table), pl. n° 1 to 72 ; [1] f. (title vol. 2), pl. n° 73 to 144. 2. Vol. 3 4. Similar binding, similar condition, lower board detached. [1] f. (title vol.3), pl. no. 145 to 216; [1] f. (title vol.4), pl. 217 to 288. 3. Vol. 5 6. Paperback in old cardboard (cardboard very worn, uncreased; sporadic wetness, some plates soiled and worn from 350, 394 torn without missing, 411 and 415 stained, 2 plates missing from last quire). [1] f. (title vol.5), pl. no. 289-360; [1] f. (title vol. 6), pl. 361-432 (of 432). 4. Vol. 7 8. Half basane similar to the first 2 vols, spine worn, jaws uncovered, paper of boards renewed; lacking pl. 505, 504 torn without missing, pl.538 and 538 replaced flying). [1] f. (title vol.7), pl. n° 433 to 504 ; [1] f. (title vol.8), pl. n° 506 to 600. That is 597 plates out of 600. - Supplement to the Recueil d'architecture... [1772-1776]. Contemporary marbled tan basane, spine with 5 nerves, red edges (binding rubbed, headpieces and corners worn, snags to boards, light lateral wetness on qq. plates at beginning of volume, then more sustained at head but marginal on the rest). 168 plates (out of 190, the volume is composed of 28 consecutive quires comprising plates numbered I to CLXVIII; missing are plates 169 to 180, and plates VI* to VI********). This volume is largely devoted to the gardens, of which it offers numerous plans, as well as to constructions such as belvederes, temples, trellises, grills, fountains (Berlin Kat., 2410; Millard, I, 123; Cohen 751). 5 volumes.
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