Choix des plus celebres maisons de plaisance de Rome & de ses environs, 1809.

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Choix des plus celebres maisons de plaisance de Rome & de ses environs, 1809.

Drawings of house and garden views, done in collaboration with Pierre Francois Leonard Fontaine and prepared for the publication of the same name. No apparent changes were made in copying the drawings, but all subtlety of shading was lost. The published book contains 75 plates.

1 v. (20 leaves); folio.

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Percier, Charles, 1764-1838

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Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine were French engravers, draftsmen, and painters who specialized in architectural subjects. They were frequent collaborators. From the description of Design album [photographs], ca.1798-1804. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122649308 French architect. From the description of Choix des plus celebres maisons de plaisance de Rome & de ses environs, 1809. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id...

Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853

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French architect and painter. From the description of Plans coupes et elevations des ouvrages de charpente executes au Palais du Louvre... par M. Fontaine, Architecte, M. Bernier, Inspecteur (designs for renovation of the Louvre), 1805-1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81364550 Pierre Fontaine was an architect for the government and, along with his associate Percier, remodelled and built many of the famous Parisian constructions, first for Napoleon Bonaparte, then for Lou...