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001 $ 06/2753
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a fre
044 # # $a fr
100 1 # $a Krafft
245 1 0 $a Plans, Coupes Et Élévations De Diverses Productions De L'Art De La Charpente Exécutées Tant En France Que Dans Les Pays Étrangers; Recueillis Et Publiés Par J. Krafft, Architecte-Dessinateur.
260 # # $a A Paris, $b Chez L'Auteur, rue de Bourgogne, faubourg Saint-Germain, No. 401. Levrault, Schœll et Compagnie, rue de Seine, F.S.G, No. 1395. $a A Strasbourg, $b chez Levrault et Compagnie. $f De L'Imprimerie De Levrault, Rue Des Saints-Pères, No. 65. $c An XIII. - 1805.
300 # # $a [4], 25, [1], 27, [1], 18, 9, [1]p., frontis., engr. dedic., 30 [i.e. 31 (pl. 27 occurring bis)], 80 [i.e. 82 (pl. 34 and 36 occurring bis)], 63, 28 pl.; $c 502 mm. (Folio.)
500 # # $a In the first group of plates pl. 27 is folding; in the second, pl. 39 and 72 are dble.; in the third, pl. 28, 29 are dble; in the fourth, pl. 8, 9, 11-13, 17 are dble. In the second group of plates pl. 54 is misnumbered as 44, and pl. 56 is misnumbered as 6.
505 0 # $a [T.p., engr. dedic.] - Discours Préliminaire - [Text and plates].
508 # # $a Most plates are signed as drawn by J.C. Krafft ('Krafft', 'K'), but pl. 26 in the first group is signed as supplied by Lomet. Most are signed by their engravers - Van-Maelle (Vanmael), Dauba(n)ton(s), Heluis, Boul(l)y (Boulay, Boulai), Charnau (or Chamau?). The engraved dedication is signed as engraved by Molé.

The title-page vignette and tailpiece to part one are signed as engraved by (Etienne) Besnard.

The work is dedicated by Krafft to 'Monsieur Le Sage, Ingénieur en Chef, Inspecteur des Etudes à l'Ecole des Ponts et Chausées'. According to entry No. 1693 in RIBA, Early printed books, 2 (1995), the frontispiec, (which is lacking from the RA copy), is signed as drawn by Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet (1790-1834). Other sources show that it was signed as drawn by his father-in-law Pierre Drahonet (1766-1817).
510 0 # $a RIBA, Early printed, 2 (1995), no.1693.
520 2 # $a The text and plates fall into four groups, having the following titles: 'Plans, Coupes Et Élévations De Diverses Productions De L'Art De La Charpente, Par J. Ch. Krafft, Architecte-Dessinateur. Première Partie'; 'Constructions De Batimens Et D'Habitations, En Charpente. Deuxième Partie'; 'Constructions De Ponts En Charpenterie. Troisième Partie'; 'Constructions Maritimes Et De Navigation Intérieur En Charpente. Quatrième Partie'.
561 # # $a 29 December 1820: 'Resolved that the following works be purchased for the Library, viz. - ... Kraaft, l'art de la charpente...' (RA Council Minutes VI, 184-5). This title is listed in A Catalogue of the Library in the Royal Academy, London, 1821, p. 15.
562 # # $a Imperfect; wanting the frontispiece.
563 # # $a 19th-century half calf, brown cloth-covered boards; black morocco spine-label lettered 'Krafft. De L'Art De La Charpente', spine lettered 'R.A.' and '1805'.
653 # # $a Carpentry - Woodworking - Engineering - Construction - Frame construction - Architecture - Houses - Bridges - Marine engineering - Shipbuilding - Boatbuilding - France - History - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Manuals - Pattern books - France - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - France - 19th century
700 1 # $a Krafft $e draughtsman
710 2 # $a Levrault, Schoell et Compagnie $e publisher