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Traité des édifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustensils des chinois : gravé sur les originaux dessinés a la Chine
Uniform Title
Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils. French
Title
Traité des édifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustensils des chinois : gravé sur les originaux dessinés a la Chine / par M. Chambers, architecte anglois ; compris une description de leurs temples, maisons, jardins, &c.
Published
A Paris : Chez le Sieur Le Rouge, ingénieur-géographe du Roi, rue des Grands Augustins, MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description
30 p., XX leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary gilt-tooled quarter morocco and marbled boards.
Notes
Engravings by Paul Fourdrinier, Ignace Fougeron, Charles Grignion, Edward Rooker, and Paul Sandby.
Engravings printed on double leaves.
The plates comprise the 5th cahier of G. Le Rouge's Détails des nouveaux jardins à la mode (originally published 1757).
Format
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Language
French
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 115
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840 p. 342
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Genre/Form
Engravings - 1776.
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