statement of responsibility: composé par C. Percier et P.F.L. Fontaine, exécuté sur leurs dessins

Text composed of Discours préliminaire (p. [1] (2nd group)-19) and Table explicative (p. [21]-43)

Page [20] and the final p. are blank

Engraved head-piece, signed by Lacour

The plates were first published in 12 parts, with 6 plates each, in 1801. The 1801 ed. did not include the text

Many of the plates include measurements in métres and in pieds

CHMRB has three copies

CHMRB c. 1 (39088006932594) is imperfect: Plate 53 is wanting

CHMRB c. 2 (39088006932602) is 43 cm. tall

CHMRB c. 3 (39088009683053), with accession no. 201296, has some page repairs, ink stains, and a few penciled rough sketches of furniture throughout

CHMRB c. 3 has modern blue cloth binding with gilt-lettered red leather spine label; binder's ticket on back paste-down endpaper describes the book's conservation treatment and binding, signed "Sky Meadow Bindery, December 1984."

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