The Extraordinary Eye of Visionary Architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
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The outbuildings of the Château de Ferrières turned out to contain a number of rare antiquarian books that were the object of enviable scrutiny. Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), L'Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des mœurs et de la législation, first tome, Paris, 1804. Result: €98,572 Thanks to its intaglio illustration based on drawings by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), L'Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des mœurs et de la législation is rightly considered one of the most beautiful books on architecture. The copy presented here is an original edition of the only volume published during the author's lifetime, in 1804, in Paris. Finished in a luxurious
