Lot no. 91
KRAFFT (Jean-Charles). Country houses, rural dwellings, castles, farms, English gardens, temples, thatched cottages, kiosks, bridges, etc. [Followed by] Gardens of France, England, Germany. [Followed by] Gardens of France, England and Germany. Plans of known and varied gardens of all kinds and sizes. [Followed by] Décorations de jardins, plans, élévations et détails de fabriques de tous genres. Paris, Maison Bance aîné, 1849. 3 parts in one large folio volume, green half-percaline, smooth spine (Period binding). Posthumous new edition of this brilliant work devoted to civil architecture, illustrated with an unnumbered frontispiece and 214 leaves of line-engraved plates after drawings by Jean-Charles Krafft, numbered from 1 to 292, including 5 on double page. Worn binding, major loss of percaline on the first cover, tears on the spine, boards and corners rubbed, small amount of wetness on the title, some foxing on the text leaves, some plates dull.
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