The book “Recueil de differents projets darchitecture de charpente et autres concernant la contruction des pont” from Robert Pitrou from 1756 contains 35 explanatory large-sized illustrations of designs of the Hotel de Ville of Paris and a variety of techniques used in the building of bridges. It describes in detail French architectural history and particularly the technical aspect of bridge architecture during the 18th century.
General Subject of the book
The book is an overview of the different construction types of bridges in paris around the 17th century
Organisation of the book:
In the beginning there are some descriptions of the contents of the book addressed to the the King Louis. A couple of pages with detailled views and sections and ground plans follow of the city hall in paris. The last 30 pages and therefor the large majority of the book content are detailed drawings of different bridges in Paris.
Size of the book:
height: 53cm, width: 40cm, breadth: 7cm
pages: 50
Total number of illustrations: ~120