(1647). LE MUET (Pierre). MANIERE DE BIEN BASTIR pour toutes - Lot 17

(1647). LE MUET (Pierre). MANIERE DE BIEN BASTIR pour toutes sortes de personnes, enrichie en ceste seconde édition de plusieurs figures, de beaux bastimens et édifices, de l'invention et conduite dudit sieur Le Muet et autres. Paris, François Langlois, 1647. In folio of [8]-113-3bl. pages and 31 double plates, brown calf, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). La Manière de bien Bastir is intended as a model for urban houses, and is the first treatise concerned with domestic comfort. Pierre le Muet (1591-1669) studied the surface area and distribution of rooms, as well as the placement and orientation of windows, because "in the construction of any building, one must have regard to the duration, ease or convenience, beautiful order and health of the apartments". The illustrations include an engraved title, 51 full-page plates and 31 single, double or folding plates, devoted to the architect's finest achievements, from the Hôtel Tubeuf to the Château de Pontz, the Château de Tanlay and the Hostel Davaux in Paris. A total of 84 plates. Gallery in margin of a few leaves, edges of plates soiled, one spine split.