Charles François Roland Le Virloys

DICTIONNAIRE D'ARCHITECTURE, CIVILE, MILITAIRE ET NAVALE, ANTIQUE, ANCIENNE ET MODERNE. ... 1-3.

Paris, Chez les Libraires asscciés, 1770 - 1771.
4to. [27 by 22 cm]. [8], 648; [4], 672; [8], 152, 300 pp. + 100 engraved plates (of which 31 folding or multi-folding).
Three volumes, contemporary full calf, spines gilt in six compartments, red edges.
From the library of the King's Pavilion at Haga, Stockholm (Solna), with the gilt coat of arms of Gustav III on upper covers and HAGA on lower covers.
The copy of Ragnar Östberg [1866-1945], Swedish architect, famous for designing Stockholm City Hall.

First edition of C. F. Roland le Virlouy's richly illustrated three-volume Dictionnaire d'architecture covering the terminology used at the time in all leading European languages.
Includes glossary of terms in Latin, Italian, Spanish, England, and German (300 pp.).
Charles François Roland Le Virloys [1716-1772], French architect, for a time architect to the King of Prussia.
* Berlin Cat. 2427. Sowerby Cat. J26.