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94 - NEUFFORGE, Jean François de.
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NEUFFORGE, Jean François de. An Elementary Treatise on Architecture containing several studies of the architectural orders based on the views of the ancients and the opinions of the moderns, various column arrangements suitable for the layout of façades, and diverse examples of exterior and interior decoration, for use in sacred, public and private buildings. Paris: Published by the Author, at the Chariot d’Or, 1757–1768. Eight parts in 4 small-folio volumes (approx. 41 x 26 cm). Fauve half-basane with period corners, ribbed spine, covers bound in period marbled paper; vol. 2 with a plain spine and different marbled paper on the covers, red edges (Spines worn with leather missing from the second volume; covers and corners rubbed; cap bands missing; the majority of the plates in excellent condition; minor, insignificant flaws throughout, including foxing and marginal water stains). A rare copy of Jean François de Neufforge’s magnum opus devoted to 18th-century neoclassical architecture. A magnificent collection of plans, elevations and sections in which the buildings are arranged in ascending order of architectural splendour. Entirely engraved on copper, in 8 parts; our copy contains 7 engraved title pages (excluding that of Vol. IV) and 573 beautiful plates engraved in black (out of 600) illustrating ornamental furnishings, gardens, houses with plans and interiors... (with text sometimes engraved directly onto the plate). Jean François de Neufforge (1714–1791), a Flemish architect and engraver, studied under Babel in the late 1730s. Supported by the Marquis de Marigny, he undertook his magnum opus from 1755 until 1782 in instalments of six plates. Each plate bears the engraved signature ‘Composed and engraved by Deneufforge … by Royal Licence’ Volume I. Part I (1757). Engraved title page, plates 1–72; Part II (1758). Engraved title page, plates 72–144 Volume II. Part III (1760). Engraved title page, plates 145–216 (excluding plate 211); Part IV (1761). 46 out of 72 plates (plates present: 217–259, 266, 283 and 284), excluding the engraved title page. Volume III. Part V (1763). Engraved title page, plates 289–360; Part VI (1765). Engraved title page, plates 361–432. Volume IV. Vol. VII (1767). Engraved title page, plates 433–504; Vol. VIII (1768). Engraved title page, plates 505–600. Missing: the 2 folios of the table of contents (Vol. I), 26 plates and the engraved title page of Vol. IV, plate 211 of Vol. III and the two supplementary volumes. Cohen, 750–751. Berlin Catalogue, 2410.
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