ARCHITECTURE/CHATEAU] - Lot 27

ARCHITECTURE/CHATEAU] PFNOR (Rodolphe)] Monographie du Château d'Anet, construit par Philibert de L'Orme, en MDXLVIII, dessinée, gravée et accompagnée d'un texte historique et descriptif par Rodolphe Pfnor, Paris, chez l'auteur et les principaux libraires, 1867 Large in-Folio in red half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt decoration with : 44 pages, (4) descriptive note, (2) table of plates, 21 plates, (2) table of plates, 19 plates, (2) table of plates, 12 plates (noted XIII as the first is double, two in chromolithography) (2) table of plates, 5 plates. First edition of this monograph on Château d'Anet, the famous château of Diane de Poitiers. The illustration comprises 57 plates, including one double plate, engraved by Nyon, Obermayer and Penel after drawings by the author. Copy completely mounted on nails. Some stains. Binding rubbed.