Livre d'architecture : contenant les principes generaux de cet art, et les plans, elevations et profils de quelques-uns des batimens faits en France & dans les pays etrangers par le sieur Boffrand, architecte du roy ... : ouvrage françois et latin, enrichi de planches en taille-douce
Germain Boffrand's 1745 Livre d'architecture is a Paris treatise on architectural principles, published in French and Latin for architects and builders, presenting plans, elevations and profiles of his buildings in France and abroad. Its engraved plates show façades with rusticated bays, a square ground plan with cross-shaped piers, a formal doorway with a carved pediment, and a balustraded balcony with scrolled brackets and urns, offering a designer clear models of classical French ornament and proportion.
