[FÉLIBIEN (André)] - Des Principes de l’architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture - 1676

[FÉLIBIEN (André)]

On the Principles of architecture, sculpture, painting.
Jean-Baptiste Coignard, Paris, 1676.

In-4 (26.7 x 20 cm), (13) ff., 795 pp., bound. Brown calf, spine with raised bands ornamented, title gilt. Contemporary binding. Edges worn, spine split, leather lacking on three panels, corners worn, stains on the boards, restoration at the head of the title, damaged spine, marginal stains, pale browning uniform on a few leaves.

Original edition of this important work on the arts, illustrated with 65 in-text plates. This work enjoyed success in its time and was reissued three times in the 17th century.

André Félibien (1619-1695) was a French historian, art theorist and architect, famous for his writings on the beaux-arts, architecture and gardens, which greatly contributed to defining the aesthetic principles of the Grand Siècle.