(Rural Architecture)BOUCHARD, Louis.   TRAITÉ DES CONSTRUCTIONS RURALES ET DE LEUR DISPOSITION.   Ou Des Maisons D'Habitation A L'Usage De Cultivateurs...Et De L'Ensemble Des Batiments Nécessaires A Une Exploitation Rurale Suivant Son Importance;       Paris: Imprimerie et Librairie D'Agriculture Et D'Horticulture De Mme. Ve Bouchard-Huzard, (1859-   1860).          A comprehensive illustrated survey of all things useful to build in the rural landscape, and how to build them. Among the innumerable structures examined are: farm houses; barns; stables; graneries; vineyards; dairies; ice houses; laundries; reservoirs; bee hives; houses; etc. Considerable attention is also paid to the lay out and overall design of the rural domain as well as to the masonry, carpentry and other technical skills involved in its construction. The work concludes with an extensive bibliography.   Three parts in two volumes, (20 x 16.5 cm); frontispiece + 216 + (xii) + 217-472 + (xvi) pp. + 112 plates from wood-engravings, (469-) 888 + (xvi) pp. + 38 plates (numbered 113-150, 3 folding) from wood-engravings. A total of 750 individual illustrations are included within the text and plates.   Ganay 261.          Original quarter leather over marbled boards; spine gilt ruled and lettered; some scuffing to extremities and short split at bottom edge of spine on volume 2; minor stain to small area on lower board of volume 2 and upper board of volume 1 from residue; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled; a very good set with only infrequent faint foxing. $550.00

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