Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1718.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1718.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79414280

A sewn booklet with a paper back cover and no front cover. A brief lecture or paper consisting of some general thoughts on architecture, followed by a list of areas of knowledge necessary for architects, such as geometry, arithmetic, construction, mechanics, hydrolics, and landscape architecture (la distribution des jardins). The first page consists of an introduction by a relative of Buache. On the outside of the back cover is a note in another hand, probably later, concerning the colonnade of the Louvre.

1 item (7 leaves)

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773

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Winner of a first prize in architecture from the Académie royale des sciences in 1721; after working at the map and chart depository of the Ministry of the Navy, he was appointed first geographer to Louis XV in 1729 and geographer of the Académie royale des sciences in 1730. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1718. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 79414280 Étienne Dutilh was born to Pierre and Marie Dutilh in Marsac (a...