Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(ARCHITECTURE.) Cotte, Robert de. Devis, Conditions, Prix et Adjudications des Ouvrages de Maçonnerie, Charpenterie, Couverture, Menuiserie, Gros Fer & Serrurerie, Vitrerie [etc.] . . . pour les Entretiens, Réparations et Changemens qu'il conviendra de faire dans les Bâtimens, Maisons et Chateaux appartenans au Roy . . . faits et dressez par M. de Cotte. [2], 13, [1]; 21, [1]; 11, [1]; 14; 9, [1]; 10; 6; 5, [1]; 5, [1]; 15, [1]; 16; 16; 16; 16; 7, [1]; 6; 6; 7, [1]; 7, [1]; 6; 7, [1]; 7 pages. 22 parts in one volume. Folio, 369x233 mm, contemporary French red morocco with unidentified arms (Olivier 1186) on covers, spine ends chipped, joints starting at top and bottom; occasional even browning, single small wormhole in blank lower inner corners throughout. Stamp of Jeunesse Française, Montevideo, dated 1911 on title and next leaf. Paris: Jacques Collombat, 1735

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Specifications for work on French royal buildings under the direction of Cotte (1656-1735), first architect to the King.