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Vol. 1 has added engraved t.p. by Jean Langlois after Louis Boulogne. First p. of dedication engraved, with head-piece by Daniel Marot. Vol. 2 has engraved frontispiece by Jean Baptiste Corneille, with title "Explication des termes d'architecture" printed from inset second plate. Three plates signed by Juan Dolivar, one by Claude Auguste Berey. Others, unsigned, by Pierre Le Pautre; see Fowler.
Pagination, v. 1: [36], xij, [46], 355, [1] p. (the last blank). Vol. 2: [2], 355-360, 363-880, [4] p. Plates in v. 1 comprise four in preliminaries (lettered [cross], A-C), and a sequence numbered 1-103 with interpolated plates 43B, 44A, 63B, 64B, 65B-D, 66B (13/14 on one plate). Thirty-one plates are double page (some folded), tipped onto stubs at centerfold; these bear plate nos. only. The remainder are single page, printed in letterpress gatherings, and bearing page numbers and signatures as well as plate numbers.
Includes index.
Errata, last [4] p. of v. 2.
Fowler 32
Fowler collection of early architectural books (microfilm), reel 7
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