De la distribution des maisons de plaisance, et de la decoration des edifices en general
Jacques-François Blondel's two-volume treatise on the planning of French country houses and the decoration of buildings, published in Paris by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1737 for architects, patrons and builders. Engraved plates by Cochin and Soubeyran give ground plans, elevations, sections and garden layouts in fine ruled line, with labelled rooms, scale bars, parterre patterns and interior ornament.












































































































