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Cerisy (Lefebure de, fl. 1808-1809) Two volumes containing 91 drawings by a student from École Imperiale Polytechnique, including academic drawings of descriptive geometry, drawing of machinery and parts, architectural plans and elevations, classical columns and architectural details, fortification plans, vol. I: 46 pen and black ink, some with watercolour, 7 on double-pages; vol. II: 45 pen and black ink drawings, some with watercolour, each sheet individually signed, each variously inscribed with approval signatures of Professors at the Polytechnique, the majority of sheets all bound on stubs, each leaf c.525 x 360 mm., on thick laid paper with watermarks of Van Der Ley, occasional spotting, browning and minor surface dirt, each vol. bound in uniform contemporary half green morocco, large folio, [c.1809-1810].

Description

Cerisy (Lefebure de, fl. 1808-1809) Two volumes containing 91 drawings by a student from École Imperiale Polytechnique, including academic drawings of descriptive geometry, drawing of machinery and parts, architectural plans and elevations, classical columns and architectural details, fortification plans, vol. I: 46 pen and black ink, some with watercolour, 7 on double-pages; vol. II: 45 pen and black ink drawings, some with watercolour, each sheet individually signed, each variously inscribed with approval signatures of Professors at the Polytechnique, the majority of sheets all bound on stubs, each leaf c.525 x 360 mm., on thick laid paper with watermarks of Van Der Ley, occasional spotting, browning and minor surface dirt, each vol. bound in uniform contemporary half green morocco, large folio, [c.1809-1810].

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