The Life Of Pierre Charles L'enfant

New York: Da Capo Press, 1970 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. Large 8vo. xxvi, 480 pp, foreword, introduction, I. Ancestry of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and Sources of His Inspiration; II. L'Enfant with Other French Officers Enters the American Service; III. L'Enfant's Services as an Officer in the American Revolution. With Washington at Valley Forge and Pulaski and Savannah; IV. L'Enfant and the Society of the Cincinnati; V. L'Enfant as a Practicing Architect of New York City; VI. Preparation of the L'Enfant Plan and Founding the City of Washington with Explanatory Notes to the Plan; VII. PartI, Completion of the L'Enfant Plan; Part II. The L'Enfant Plan; VIII. L'Enfant's Achievements in Other Localities; IX. Later Years of L'Enfant's Life; X. The Nation Honors L'Enfant; XI. The Restoroation of the L'Enfant Plan, and Its Development, through the Plan of 1901, During the Past 50 Years; XII. The Influence of the L'Enfant Plan on Other Cities; Conclusion; Appendix A. The L'Enfant Memorials through K. Bibliography, index. Da Capo Press Series in Architecture and Decorative Art, Volume 33: Unabridged Reprint of the 1950 Edition, 1978. Bottom fore-edge text block with light shelf-soil, else Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with black lettering to front board and spine..