William Robert Powell Translator (1 results)
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Published by J. H. Jansen, Cleveland, 1923
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Gray cloth, black embossed title to front board, (12.75 x 9.75 inches). Work divided into 76 plates drawn and arranged by Pierre Esquie. Presents Vignola's practical system for constructing columns in the five classical orders (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite). The clarity and ease of…use of Vignola's treatise caused it to become in succeeding centuries the most published book in architectural history. Also laid-in is a letter from the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and Architectural drawings from the period. Shows some minor toning and wear. Pierre Esquie (illustrator).
