Coulon, Ed. — Lectures on Architecture, n.p., March–December - Lot 284

Coulon, Ed. — Lectures on Architecture, n.p., March–December 1891. 1 handwritten volume in folio-sized sheets contained in a binding consisting of two stiff cardboard panels bound together with three strings. - Panels stained and stripped of their outer layer - 32 bifolia, or 128 pp., illustrated with sketches, dated from March 4, 1891, to December 23 of the same year. The course summarizes construction principles, materials, building components, and the main architectural styles. This is a course taught at a military school and transcribed by a student named Ed. Coulon on sheets prepared with reproduced sketches, to which Coulon added his own ink sketches. On April 4, student Coulon was excused from class by the captain on duty, and the sheet remained blank of notes but features sketches devoted to cornices and entablatures. A curious work. Enclosed: Tournan, Louis. — Sketches from the course on the general history of architecture from the Renaissance to the 19th century, taught by Professor Lavedan, undated, [ca. 1930]. 1 oblong volume, manuscript, bound with string loops. - Based on the plate numbering, plates V, Xva, XXIVa, XXV, XXVII, and XXX are missing. - 32 plates drawn on heavy paper. An interesting course document, beautifully rendered in India ink by an architecture student and depicting European monuments.