The Life of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Planner of the City Beautiful, the City of Washington. Based on Original Sources by Caemmerer, H. Paul - 1950

E-080: National Republic Pub. Co. Very Good. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. National Republic Publishing Co, Washington, DC. 1950. 473 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in stamped green cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Pierre Charles L'Enfant (August 2, 1754 – June 14, 1825) , self-identified as Peter Charles L'Enfant while living in the United States, was a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D. C. (capital city of the U. S. ) known today as the L'Enfant Plan (1791). L'Enfant's "Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of the United States..." encompassed an area bounded by the Potomac River, the Eastern Branch, the base of the escarpment of the Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, and Rock Creek (named on Plan as Pine Creek). His plan specified locations for two buildings, the "Congress House" (the United States Capitol) and the "President's House" (known after its 1815–1817 rebuilding and repainting of its stone walls, as the "White House" or "Executive Mansion"). E-080; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 480 pages .