PETIT, Victor (1817-1871)

Maisons de campagne des environs de Paris. Choix des plus remarquables maisons bourgeoises, nouvellement construites aux alentours de Paris. Avec plans. Dessines d'apres nature par Victor Petit

Paris: Monrocq Freres, c. 1857. (13 1/4 x 10 inches). Half title, title, list of plates (listing 50 plates). 100 chromolithographed plates.

Publisher's brown cloth, boards blind tooled, front board tooled and lettered gilt, spine gilt

A remarkable, expanded issue of Victor Petit's album documenting the burgeoning bourgeois architecture of mid-19th-century suburban Paris, a valuable documentary source and a visual celebration of 19th-century French domestic architecture.

Victor Petit was a skilled architectural draftsman and lithographer known for his panoramic urban views and contributions to architectural illustration. In this work, he turns his eye to the villas, maisons de plaisance, and residences emerging around Paris during the Second Empire, a period marked by rapid suburban growth and changing tastes in domestic architecture. Each plate is drawn from life and rendered with attention to both architectural detail and picturesque setting, showcasing a range of stylistic influences, Gothic, Italianate, Neo-Classical, and more, reflecting the eclecticism popular among the rising middle class. The inclusion of floor plans further enhances the album's utility as a pattern book or source of inspiration for architects and builders.

Item #42169

Price: $2,800.00