Part 2
Les Ouvrages d’Architecture, Pieter Post 1770 [i.e. 1715], 8 complete print series with text, forming the collected architectural work of the great Dutch architect.
The book is organized in 8parts in 1 Volume. The size 43 x 29 x 9 cm. An engraved Title-Page , letterpress half-title, engraved title and engraved dedication plate. General title page in red and black with engraved vignette, 8 letterpress part-titles, each repeating the vignette of the general title page, 3 engraved part-titles, engraved dedication, a folding engraved portrait of Prince Mauritius. 8 Series of 6, 12,8, 5, 11, 7, 4 and 23 mostly double page and some larger folding etched and engraved numbered plates (including the title pages) by Jan Mathijs & P. Nolpe after designs by Pieter Post, showing architectural plans, elevations, sections etc. Frame, mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine (originally), marbled end-papers. Pages: in total 73 copperplates.