The whole body of antient and modern architecture : comprehending what has been said of it by these 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. Also an account of architects and architecture, in an historical, and etymological explanaton of certain terms particularly used by architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise of statues. The three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of the treatise. And the two Latine, Tuscan and Composite, the letter. Adorned with fifty one copper plates. / published for the benefit of builders, limners, and painters by John Evelyn.

Main entry:

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

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Publication:

London : Printed for J.P., sold by C. Wilkinson, 1680.

Description:

[18], 159 pages : illustrations ; 33 cm

Notes:
Added t.p. engr. with port.: A paralell of architecture both ancient and moderne / by Roland Fréart, Sr. de Chambray.
Translation of: Parallèle de l'architecture antique avec la moderne.
Digital facsimile available via Early English Books Online; Subscription required.

Resources:
Online version (Accès pour le personnel et les chercheurs du CCA / Access for CCA staff and researchers).

Subject:

Architecture Orders.
Architecture Ordres.

Added entries:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De statua.
Paralell of architecture both ancient and moderne.
Parallel of architecture both ancient and moderne.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 80402
Call No.: 5853
Status: Available

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