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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated [E. Viollet-Le-Duc] (illustrator). First edition. A charmingly bound first English edition of this richly illustrated French title. A very scarce first English edition, translated from the original French by influential French architect and writer Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc.Translated by English architect Benjamin Bucknall, who also translated Viollet-Le-Duc's other works for an English-speaking audience.This title illustrates the process of designing and realising a house in narrative form, following a cast of characters.Features a monochrome frontispiece, 9 further monochrome plates, and frequent vignette illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.In original burgundy binding, with striking gilt motif and lettering to the front board and spine, in addition to full gilt page edges. Bound in original red cloth. Externally, very smart. Offsetting to boards. Mild rubbing to extremities. Small mark to spine. Slight marks to rear board. Bumping to head and tail. Slight discolouration to spine. Hinges starting, but firm. Binder's sticker to rear paste downInternally, firmly bound, with occasional strain. Pages generally bright and clean. Light spotting to frontispiece tissue guard. Slight marks to final page. Small mark to pp. xiv-xv. Very Good. book.