Grammar of the Louis XV style

• 9 volumes In-8, modern half-vellum, smooth spine. Untrimmed. 6 volumes of text and 3 of plates: 377 plates drawn by Blondel himself, Patte, Mlle Cauchois, Jolivet and engraved on copper by Raincour, Ransonnette, de la Gardette, Le Roy, Pelletier, Sellier. A large number of leaflets. Rare marginal wetting. Very good copy. (ref. 12560)

Jacques-François Blondel (1705 -1774) had a decisive role in the development of the Louis XV style. Against the use of rocaille decoration, he professed ornamental simplicity, perfection of proportions in compliance with the rules decreed by the great masters of XVIIth century: François Mansart, Claude Perrault and Jules Hardouin-Mansart. He was a teacher of Étienne-Louis Boullée, Claude Nicolas Ledoux and Alexandre Théodore Brongniart.