A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern. I a Collection of Ten Principal Authors who have Written upon the Five Orders, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared with One Another. The Three Greek Orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, Comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the Two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the Latter. Written in French by ROLAND FREART, Sieur de Chambray; made English for the Benefit of Builders. To which is added an account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain terms particularly affected by architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise on Statues. By John Evely
Published by London, Printed for Brown, Walthoe, Took et al., 1707
- Hardcover
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Seller: West Coast Rare Books, Westport, Mayo, IrelandWest Coast Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since April 21, 2017
Condition: Used
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The Second Edition with Large Additions. 34 x 22 cm. Title Page [Freart], (18) [Epistle Dedicatory], 115 pages with 40 full page Plates. Small Illustrations in Text. Second Title Page [Evelyn], (4) [Dedication / To the Reader], 75 Pages with two small Illustrations in Text, (1) [Advertisement]. Half leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Damp stained and foxed throughout to various degrees. Some edge wear and minor losses. Some repairs / reinforcements. Old annotations and inscriptions. Various misnumbered pages & plates, but appears to be complete.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern. I a Collection of Ten Principal Authors who have Written upon the Five Orders, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared with One Another. The Three Greek Orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, Comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the Two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the Latter. Written in French by ROLAND FREART, Sieur de Chambray; made English for the Benefit of Builders. To which is added an account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain terms particularly affected by architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise on Statues. By John Evely
- Author
- Freart, Roland / Evelyn, John / Alberti, Leon Baptista.
- Publisher
- London, Printed for Brown, Walthoe, Took et al.
- Publication year
- 1707
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Item weight
- 1,000 grams
- Seller catalogs
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West Coast Rare Books
Westport, Mayo, Ireland
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