L'architecture a la mode ou sont les nouveaux dessins pour la decoration des batimens et jardins
By: par les plus habils architectes, sculpteurs, peintres, menuisiers, jardiniers, serruriers &c
Contributors: Langlois, Nicolas, 1640-1703; Le Nôtre, André, 1613-1700; Le Pautre, Jean, 1618-1682; Lepautre, Pierre, 1660-1744; Le Blond, Alexandre Jean Baptiste, 1679-1719; Le Bouteux, Michel, active 18th century; Perelle, Adam, 1638-1695
Publisher: Chez N. Langlois, rue St. Jacques a la Victoire au coin de la rue de la Parcheminerie
Published: 1730
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Decoration and ornament; Pictorial works; Interior decoration; Early works to 1800; Gardens; Design
Notes: Wholly engraved.

Collection of 745 plates on 691 leaves from numerous small books and "cahiers" of ornament and decoration, no two sets alike, probably arranged for the buyer. Langlois had the title printed and Mariette later used the same title page.

Includes designs for interiors with details of panels, ceilings, clocks, ironwork, furniture, lighting, etc.; designs for exterior decoration include include extensive plans for gardens and details including grottoes, arches, gates, treillage, urns, etc. Cf. Guilmard for a similar but smaller work.

Architects and designers include Le Nôtre, Jean Le Pautre, Pierre Lepautre, Le Blond, Le Bouteux, and Adam Perelle.

Guilmard, D. Maîitres ornemanistes, p. 113, no. 78