Durand (Jean Nicolas Louis) Recueil et Pallalèle des Édifices en Tout Genre, Anciens et Modernes..., title with ornamental border, 110 lithographed plates, a few foxed, most lightly, title torn and laid down, some plates slightly frayed at upper outer corner (most repaired), ex-library copy with old label on front pastedown but no stamps, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, [cf.BAL 956, 1801 edition], large oblong folio, Brussels, [c.1840].
⁂ "This was in effect the first survey of world architecture based on building types." BAL
It includes Egyptian and classical temples, mosques, pagodas, churches, squares, tombs, arches, bridges, prisons, hospitals, theatres etc.
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