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Traité de la coupe des pierres, où, Par une méthode facile & abrégée, l'on peut aisément se perfectionner en cette science

La Rue, Jean Baptiste de · 1728 · A Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale · 28 pictures

Traité de la coupe des pierres is a 1728 French stereotomy treatise by Jean Baptiste de La Rue, printed by the Imprimerie royale in Paris for masons and architects learning stone-cutting. Its plates show geometric construction drawings of arches, vaults and stone blocks, with projection lines, hatched faces and exploded solid views that a designer could use for dimensional geometric diagrams and technical line work.

Stone-cutting -- Early works to 1800 · Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800

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