Volume 4 only (of 4). viii, 156 pp. 50 (of 58) engraved plates, most folding with some quite large comprised of several joined sheets. (Folio) 17x11, period calf. First Edition.

A single volume from Blondel's monumental work on the architecture of France's churches, palaces, estates, etc. Jacques-Francois Blondel was among the most influential figures of European architecture in the 18th century, and his l'Achitecture Francaise earned him an appointment as architect to Louis XV.