284 - Coulon, Ed. – Lectures on Architecture, n.
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Estimate €100 - €150

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Coulon, Ed. – Lectures on Architecture, n.p., March–December 1891. 1 handwritten volume in folio-sized leaves contained within a binding consisting of two stiff cardboard boards bound together with three pieces of string. - The boards are stained and have lost their cover - 32 bifolia, totalling 128 pp., illustrated with sketches, dated from 4 March 1891 to 23 December of the same year. The course summarises the principles of construction, materials, building components and the main architectural styles. This is a course taught at a military school and noted down by a certain Ed. Coulon on sheets prepared with reproduced sketches, to which Coulon added his own ink sketches. On 4 April, the student Coulon was excused from the session by the captain on duty, and the sheet remains blank of notes but features sketches devoted to cornices and entablatures. A curious work. Enclosed: Tournan, Louis. – Sketches from the course on the general history of architecture from the Renaissance to the 19th century, taught by Professor Lavedan, undated, [c. 1930]. 1 oblong volume, manuscript, bound with string rings. - According to the plate numbering, plates V, Xva, XXIVa, XXV, XXVII and XXX are missing. - 32 plates drawn on heavy paper. An interesting lecture document, beautifully drawn in Indian ink by a student architect and depicting European monuments.

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284 - Coulon, Ed. – Lectures on Architecture, n. See original version (French)

284 - Coulon, Ed. – Lectures on Architecture, n.
See original version (French)