The little house : an architectural seduction / Jean-François de Bastide ; translation and introduction by Rodolphe el-Khoury ; preface by Anthony Vidler.

Main entry:

Bastide, Jean-François de, 1724-1798.

Title & Author:

The little house : an architectural seduction / Jean-François de Bastide ; translation and introduction by Rodolphe el-Khoury ; preface by Anthony Vidler.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

116 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm

Notes:
Originally published in French in 1758.
Includes bibliographical references.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP8.20 0.
Translation of: La petite maison.

Summary:

"Exemplary of an 18th-century literary genre that combined fictional narrative with didactic observations on art and architecture, The Little House tells the tale of a seduction in a maison de plaisance outside of Paris. The house itself - its architecture, gardens, artwork, and furnishings - is the central element of a story in which an impressionable woman mistakes good taste for good intentions, with unforeseen results. The Little House, long an underground classic among architectural historians and theorists, has never before been published in English. Anthony Vidler's insightful preface and Rodolphe el-Khoury's informative introduction, notes, and careful translation make the novella more accessible to the contemporary reader."--Jacket.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

1568980175
9781568980171

Subject:

Small houses France History 18th century Fiction.
Interior decoration France History 18th century Fiction.
Aesthetics, French 18th century Fiction.
Décoration intérieure France Histoire 18e siècle Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Esthétique française 18e siècle Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Aesthetics, French
Interior decoration
Small houses
France

Form/genre:

Fiction
History
Romans.

Added entries:

El-Khoury, Rodolphe.
Vidler, Anthony.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 189464
Call No.: IDY PQ1955.B715; ID:94-B672
Status: Available

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