Pierre Le Muet
French architect
Pierre Le Muet was a French architect, military engineer, and writer, famous for his book Manière de bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes, and for the châteaux he constructed, most notably Tanlay ... Wikipedia
Born: October 7, 1591, Dijon, France
Died: September 28, 1669 (age 77 years), Paris, France
Books: The First Book of Architecture ... Translated Out of Italian: with an Appendix Touching Doors and Windows, by Pr Le Muet ... Translated Out of French by G. R. [i.e. Godfrey Richards] ... The Fourth Edition Corrected and Enlarged, Etc. [With Plates.], The Art of Fair Building: Represented in the Figures: Of Several Uprights of Houses, with Their Ground-plots, Fitting for Persons of Several Qualities. Wherein is Divided Each Room and Office According to Their Most Convenient Occasion, The First Book of Architecture ... Translated Out of Italian with an Appendix Touching Doors and Windows, by Pr. Le Muet ... Translated Into English by Godfrey Richards. The Whole Illustrated with Above Seventy Copper Cuts ... The Eleventh Edition, Corrected and Enlarged, Etc, and more
Structures: Hotel de Chevreuse, Hôtel Colbert de Torcy, Catholic Church of the Val-de-Grâce, and more