A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. 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 tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise Of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.

Main entry:

Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606-1676.

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Publication:

London : Printed by Tho. Roycroft for John Place, and are to be sold at his shop at Furnivals-Inn Gate in Holborn, MDCLXIV [1664]

Description:

[24], 159, [1] pages : illustrations (metal cuts) ; 36 cm (fol.)

Notes:
Signatures: pi² a⁴ b² A⁴ B-C² D-Y⁴.
A variant has p. 159 misnumbered 156.
Engraved title vignette.
With initial imprimatur leaf.
Errata and advertisements on last leaf.
Imperfect: imprimatur leaf and added engraved title page wanting.
IU-R
Wing, C1923
ESTC, R19331

Subject:

Architecture Orders Early works to 1800.
Sculpture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Ordres Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture Orders.
Sculpture.

Form/genre:

Early works.
Booksellers' advertisements England London 17th century.

Added entries:

Roycroft, Thomas, -1677, printer.
Place, John, bookseller.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. Account of architects and architecture.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De statua. English.

Added engraved title page title: Parallel of architecture both ancient and moderne

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Location: Library cage m 80409
Call No.: W468
Status: Available

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