[Avril (Louis, Abbé)], "M.L.M.". Temples Anciens et Modernes; ou Observations historiques et critiques sur les plus célèbres Monumens d'Architecture Grecque et Gothique, 2 parts in 1, half-titles, 7 folding engraved plates, charming woodcut architectural head-pieces, unobtrusive embossed library stamp to one or two leaves, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red and green roan labels, corners repaired, [BAL 165; Berlin Kat. 1899], London & Paris, 1774 § Huet (Jean Charles) Parallèle des Temples Anciens, Gothiques et Modernes, half-title, contemporary blue paste-paper wrappers, uncut, rubbed, spine a little worn and frayed, [Not in BAL], Paris, 1809, first editions, 8vo (2)

⁂ The first is an interesting and anonymous work by a Jesuit on the structure of the gothic church, including descriptions and plates of the Pantheon in Rome, Santa Sophia in Constantinople, St. Peter's in Rome and St.Paul's in London. The second is a scarce pamphlet favouring the Gothic and Greek Revival styles over Italianate classical, mentioning particularly Notre Dame and Sainte Geneviève (now the Panthéon) in Paris, and at one point refering to the first work by Avril.