cours darchitecture comprend orders vignole de daviler a c (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good to very good condition. First edition. Large Octavo. [45] leaves, 1 folding plate depicting geometric principles; 355pp., 31 folding plates. Bound in mottled calf with elaborate decor and gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Frontispiece engraving. Title page printed in red and black with publisher's device. Historiated headpiece, decorative initial. Contains preface, essay on the life of Jacques Barozzo de Vignole, a table of the plates, table of contents, a preface by Vignole, illustrated parts on moldings and choice of profiles at front. Without dictionary volume. Plain new designs, ornaments, and principle rules concerning the distribution, decorations, materials and construction of buildings, masonry, carpentry, roofing, locksmithing, gardening and everything that pertains to the Art of Building. With a complete explanation of all terms in alphabetical order by A. C. Dam, Architect to the King. Profusely illustrated with copperplate engravings in text and thirty-one additional folding plates depicting architectural details and ornamentation with descriptive text. Fowler: "From the point of view of the practical architect this Course d'Architecture was the best work of its kind yet issued and soon superseded François Blondel's Course d'Architecture, and was unrivaled until the publication of J. F. Blondel's work of the same title in 1771-1777." Text in French. Front and back cover with few light scuffs along top edge of front and back cover. Inked names on top of inside cover and front free endpaper. Some staining along edges of inside back cover and endpaper. Some age-toning of some plates along edges. References: cf. Fowler 32 (first ed. 1691).

hardcover. Condición: near fine. Extra-engraved title and 140 superb detailed copperplates, some folding, 355pp., thick 4to, handsome contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, leather spine label; (outer hinge and corners a bit bumped). Paris: J. Mariette, 1710 Near Fine copy of the revised and enlarged edition, text and plates clean and bright.