Collection des chefs-d'oeuvre de l'architecture des différens peuples, exécutés en modèles

Résumé du livre

Catalog of "the collection of architectural models made by Louis-François Cassas (1756--1827)... In 1806 Cassas opened a 'Galerie d'Architecture' at 8 Rue de Seine exhibiting his models, which numbered about 48. These were of celebrated buildings in antiquity, mostly of Egyptian and Classical works, concluding the survey of architectural history with three medieval monuments: the tower of Pisa, a fortress near Caesarea and the ruins of monuments near Tortosa... Cassas published a complete list of the exhibits and then commissioned Legrand to publish an abbreviated version as a guide for visitors."--Sir John Soane's Museum Collection Online, description of Collection des chefs-d'oeuvre de l'architecture des différens peuples (reference number 2630)