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1774SB13235London: R. Baldwin 1774. A very well aged book usual age toning to the pages all pages intact and safely sewn in age toning and wear to the end papers. 15 plates including 3 folding; Sunned green cloth spine plain brown paper boards; No spine titling; Light edge and corner wear; Single line of errata on the verso of the title page; 144pp. First Edition. Cloth Spine w/paper Boards. Very Good. Illus. by 15 Plates Including 3 Folding Plates. 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hardcover. R. Baldwin Hardcover
174828557N.p. Paris 1748. Avec des Notes de M. Goupy Architecte Expert Bourgeois. 1 vols. 8vo. In very attractive contemporary mottled calf head chipped joints cracked but holding soundly marbled endpapers; interior slightly toned and title a little soiled else very good. Avec des Notes de M. Goupy Architecte Expert Bourgeois. 1 vols. 8vo. unknown
1758ST17496-017Paris: H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour Jean-Luc Nyon and Jean Neaulme 1758. FIRST EDITION. 608 x 445 mm. 24 x 17". xiv 56; 2 vi 28 pp. Two parts in one volume. <br/> Later early 20th century quarter sheep over marbled boards raised bands compartments gilt reddish-brown leather label with gilt lettering all edges untrimmed. With large woodcut vignette on title and 60 ENGRAVED PLATES by Le Bas Littret de Montigny Neufforge and Patte after Le Roy. Brunet III 103; Millard French 101. A little rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine leather a bit faded chafed and freckled in places but the binding entirely sound and still quite pleasing; very faint diagonal crease at lower corner of many leaves a handful of plates slightly browned one more noticeably so other minor issues but quite a fine copy internally--the vast majority of the contents clean and bright with deep impressions of the text with the engravings richly impressed and with vast margins.<br/> <br/> With engravings by the some of the most esteemed artists of the day this imposing work contains beautiful depictions of Greek ruins and monuments that proved extremely influential to the development of French Neoclassical architecture. The text is divided into two parts the first covering the history of various monuments and Le Roy's thoughts on the principles of architecture and the second primarily containing a discussion of the orders of columns--particularly the Doric order--as well as several reconstructions of ruined temples. According to Millard this work "breaks new ground in providing a synthesis of archaeological findings with a body of architectural theory developed and expanded from the important controversy of Claude Perrault and Francois Blondel i.e. quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. . . . Perhaps most important Le Roy's treatise provides the theoretical framework and many of the actual models for French neoclassical architecture." Although "Les Ruines" came under some criticism especially by British rivals James Stuart and Nicholas Revett it nevertheless "made a strong public impact" in the words of the Dictionary of Art Historians and "greatly influenced the architects of the day particularly Jacques-Denis Antoine Jean-Arnaud Raymond Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart and François-Joseph Bélanger." This was in no small part due to the exquisite plates that included many picturesque views engraved by talented artists such as Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain Pierre-Charles Le Mettay Claude-Antoine Littret de Montigny and Jacques Philippe Le Bas among others. The son of the horologer to Louis XV Julien-David Le Roy 1724-1803 was an architect art historian and archaeologist. He was a protégé of Jacques-François Blondel 1705-74 whom he later succeeded as professor at the Académie Royale d'Architecture. After winning the Prix de Rome in 1754 Le Roy spent time in Greece studying and measuring ancient architecture and developing many of the theories that he would eventually publish in the present work. H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour, Jean-Luc Nyon, and Jean Neaulme unknown
1768ST17496-011London: Chez l'auteur 1768. First Edition in French. 590 x 380 mm. 23 1/4 x 15". 52 2 pp. <br/> Modern brown quarter morocco over green linen boards brown morocco label with gilt lettering on smooth spine edges untrimmed. WITH 25 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVED PLATES OF GRECIAN RUINS and seven smaller engraved plates in text including one on dedication page. A Large Paper Copy. Fowler p. 157; Millard British 41; Blackmer 1065; Brunet III 1329. Head of spine partly torn but with no loss contents with not infrequent light marginal soiling though plates uniformly clean other minor imperfections but an excellent copy with greatly generous margins with deep impressions of the type and with strong impressions of the plates.<br/> <br/> This work is the first significant account of the ancient city of Paestum being in the words of Blackmer "larger and much more complete than any of the previous publications." Located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of southern Italy Paestum or Poseidonia in Greek was founded by Greek colonists in the sixth century B.C. and still contains beautifully preserved ruins from that period including temples an amphitheater and painted tombs. Abandoned in the Medieval period Paestum wasn't rediscovered by the West until the 18th century with the first modern publication of the site not appearing until 1764 when a suite of plans by G. P. M. Dumont appeared with no text based on the observations of Jacques-Germain Soufflot. As Millard indicates the genesis of the present publication has an extremely complex history we do not even know with certainty who wrote the text but we do know that engraver Thomas Major 1729-99 whom DNB calls "the first great English landscape engraver" was responsible for preparing the plates. Because he had no first-hand knowledge of the site Major relied on images by other artists including Antonio Joli Gaetano Magri Robert Mylne and Jacques-Germain Soufflot. The text was first published in English and then in French the same year. According to Fowler "this work . . . was an important eighteenth-century pioneer contribution to the knowledge of Greek architecture in England"; and Millard tells us that "the book was surprisingly well received by reviewers" in both England and France remaining "the standard reference to Paestum until 'Les Ruines de Paestum ou Posidonia' by C.-M. Delagardette was issued in 1798.". Chez l'auteur unknown
1764ST17496-042London: Printed for the Author 1764. FIRST EDITION. 520 x 365 mm. 20 3/4 x 14 1/4". iv 8 subscribers list 33 pp. <br/> Attractive modern light green half morocco gilt by J. F. Newman of Dublin his ticket on front pastedown raised bands spine panels with central patera ornament two darker green morocco labels reinforced hinges edges untrimmed. WITH 61 SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS 14 plans and elevations 47 views ON 54 PLATES eight double-page six folding by Bartolozzi and others. Front flyleaf with ink signature of Francis D. Bedford dated October 1886. Cicognara 3567; Fowler 2. Spine sunned to a light olive shade one corner bumped one plate with a little browning along the fold occasional mild marginal foxing or trivial smudges but A FINE COPY--fresh bright and clean internally with deep impressions of the type rich impressions of the plates and generous margins in a binding with few signs of wear.<br/> <br/> This is an extremely appealing copy of one of the great architectural books of the 18th century described by Cicognara as a "magnificent and grandiose work." Scottish architect Robert Adam 1728-92 was a product of the Scottish Enlightenment and moved in intellectual circles that included historian William Robertson who wrote the introduction here David Hume and Adam Smith. His interest in architectural drawing was stimulated by books in his father's extensive library which DNB tells us contained "a working collection of illustrated architectural books in English French and Italian and a series of manuals on architectural draughtsmanship." This curiosity developed into a passion during his 1755-57 tour of Italy which "was in every way a period of intense professional training during which the skills learned in Scotland were tested and given an international gloss by the Roman circle in which he now moved." DNB At the center of this circle was French architect antiquarian and artist Charles-Louis Clérisseau 1721-1820 the leading authority on Roman antiquities and architecture who introduced Adams to among others the great Piranesi. With Clérisseau as guide and tutor he explored and sketched various sites before arriving at the un-surveyed fortress palace built by the former emperor Diocletian at Spalatro the modern-day Croatian city of Split. Adam undertook a survey of the building and drew the architectural plans and elevations for this work while Clérisseau sketched views of the ruins. Adam planned this book as a way of promoting his career as an architect and worked with Clérisseau to have engravings made for it. According to Thom "while the traditional plans elevations and sections--what Robert Adam called the 'Geometricals'--were generally supplied by English engravers like Rooker Patton and Walker the all-important picturesque views and perspectives which Adam thought were essential to convey the emotional impact of the remains of Diocletian's Palace were engraved in Italy mostly by Bartolozzi Paolo Santini and Zucchi." Adams also wrote the architectural commentary. The publication was a success praised by the "Critical Review" in October 1864 as possessing "a taste and execution that has never been equalled in England." As DNB observes "during these two Roman years Adam succeeded in transforming himself from a provincial and rather green Scottish architect into a cosmopolitan figure ready indeed to put into effect 'the Antique the Noble & Stupendous.'" Now based in London he embarked on a distinguished career specializing in country houses and townhomes that reflected the deep influence classical architecture and his Italian sojourn had on his work. Our copy was once owned by another artist Francis Donkin Bedford 1864-1954 who exhibited landscapes at the Royal Academy and illustrated books during the Golden Age of children's book illustration in the late 19th and early 20th century. Printed for the Author unknown
1800100845Boston: Printed for the proprietors by Samuel Etheridge 1800. 8vo. 34 pp. Contemporary sheep; upper board detached ffep removed in a custom chemise and slipcase. Scarce American price book for Boston carpenters in contemporary sheep. Signed as usual by Thomas Stutson secretary of the committee that drew up the rules which were devised to establish a fair system of charges for services rendered. Prices are an early example of the use of dollars and cents. Rink lists previous editions from 1774 1 copy 1794 no copy known & 1795 2 copies.PROVENANCE: William Reese book-label on chemiseREFERENCE: Evans 37003; Rink 1760 Printed for the proprietors [by Samuel Etheridge] unknown
1787ST17496-043Rome: Bouchard et Gravier 1787. 525 x 375 mm. 20 3/4 x 14 3/4". <br/> Near contemporary half calf over marbled boards smooth spine divided by gilt rules into panels with blind-stamped centerpiece red morocco label hinges reinforced with buckram marbled endpapers and edges. Engraved vignette on title page and 99 COPPER-ENGRAVINGS ON 60 PLATES. A 1911 letter from the editor of "Hobbies" magazine in response to a previous owner's questions about the contents of this volume laid in at front. The plate numbered 92 with an 18th century cemetery scene pasted to the verso; rear flyleaf with two engravings pasted on. Cicognara 3595; Brunet I 646. Spine label partly missing front joint cracked from tail edge to midpoint head and tail of spine chipped boards a bit chafed and with a drizzle of white paint to front cover but the binding still solid. Occasional mild marginal foxing or finger smudges but an excellent copy internally fresh and clean throughout and with pleasing impressions of engravings. Not an external beauty as is often the case with architectural tomes but quite attractive inside.<br/> <br/> This is a collection of beautifully engraved plates drawn from the work of a painter and engraver who made engravings for Piranesi's 1748 "Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna" and collaborated with him on the majestic "Le antichità Romane" 1756. Inspired by his work with the master Barbault drew and engraved his own series of Roman views issued in "Les plus beau monumens de Rome ancienne" 1761 and "Recueil de divers monumens anciens" 1770. The plates in the present volume are drawn from those works. Barbault's picturesque scenes are characterized by a sense of romantic decay: in some the landscape is open and generally free from human intrusion the once-grand ruins rising proudly from the encroaching vegetation. One has the sense of being among the first to stumble across these hidden wonders. In others the artist juxtaposes temple remains with the shed of a contemporary farmer a humbling contrast between past grandeur and present poverty. Jean Barbault 1718-62 had studied painting in Paris with John Restout II before receiving a scholarship from the Académie des Beaux-Arts for travel to Rome in 1721. Once there he stayed building a career as engraver and establishing himself with Piranesi and his circle. Bouchard et Gravier unknown
174417726Paris: Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert. Good. 1764 17691744. First Edition; Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert. Hardcover. 3 books bound together in contemporary full brown speckled calf with 5 spine bands & gilt decoration & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Page edges dyed red. Illustrated with chapter headers vignettes and engraved fold-out plates. Text & plates are tight & clean. 1-RECHERCHES SUR LA CONSTRUCTION.DIGUES : 60 pp . 2; 1764; 1st edition; 7 fold-out plates. 2-THÉORIE DES FLEUVES: 2 ix 1130pp 2; 1769; 1st French edition translated from the German ; 13 fold-out plates. 3-TRAITÉ DE PERSPECTIVE: 7-108pp bound without i-vi.lacks 3 leaves of prelims including title page ; 1744; 1st edition 15 fold-out plates. L'abbé Deidier 1696-1746 was a mathematician and professor of artillery at l'Ecole Militaire de La Fère. Dampststain only on front & rear endpapers and pp 81-85 of Des Fleuves. Spine ends rubbed with small loss. Front hinge starting 1" at top & front lower corner bumped. French text. Architecture. ; B/W engravings; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 284 pages . Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert hardcover
17371235371737. Paris: C.A. Jombert 1737-8. <br /> <br /> Two vols. 4to title page in red and black vi Dedication a Monsieur Turgot Avis au relieur Approbation xvi 198 pp.; vii i Avis au relieur 180 pp. Numerous head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece by Cochin and 44 plates 42 folding; Vol. 2 with 111 plates 15 folding. Most of the plates drawn and engraved by Blondel. All text-pages printed within a borderline. Original cats-paw calf rather worn joints repaired vol. 1 with new labels internally some browning and soiling a good solid set for reference not in "collector's condition".<br /> <br /> § First edition second issue without half titles errata slips and with Jombert's address as "Rue Dauphine". A handsomely illustrated work of the 18th century French architect and writer Jacques-François Blondel 1705-1774. The plates in Vol. I includes many architectural designs for houses and those in Vol. II depict both interior and exterior ornaments as well as garden plans. See Weinreb: "Arts Applied" #326 £240!: "an important source book of rococo designs of the mid eighteenth century surveys most aspects of the country house in an effort to point out the rights and wrongs of proportion composition and interior planning." Fowler 49. Berlin Cat. 2400. Graesse 1:441. Brunet 9800. unknown
171956262Cedar Falls IA & Tigard OR: Wagner Manufacturing Co.; Orlo R.W. Hossack Architect & Salesman for H.F. Bonesteele 1917-1927. 1st - 4to. Approx. 150 pp sections separately paginated inserts. w/ four linen-backed silver gelatin photos sized 6.5 x 7 in. up to 8 x 10 in. 3 mounted on white linen hinges w/ whole punches at gutter margin colour inserts mimeographed price lists & order forms over 100 text illustrations & diagrams blue printed softcovers all preserved in limp leather 3-ring binder gilt lettering stamped on front cover minor shelfwear rubbing; 2nd - 4to. 15 1 pp. With text illustrations photos self-printed colour softcovers cover art of garage door being opened minor shelfwear; 3rd - 4to. 32 pp unpaginated. colour-printed title numerous text illustrations Gray-green illustrated softcovers split-pin binding yapp edges minor rubbing edgewear creasing to couple corners; 5th -- 2 copies. 16mo. 8 pp unpaginated. printed leporello accordion-style format illustrated & printed in red & black minor shelfwear; 6th - Folio. 9 x 16 in. 4 pieces. 2 pp unpaginated. broadsides text illustrations photos fold creases still VG; 7th -- 8vo. Approx. 100 leaves mostly carbon copies of orders all written in manuscript most located dated and signed at lower right corner by Hossack salesman limp red leatherette covers silk moire endpapers gilt stamping front cover some chipping edgewear rubbing; together with 8th -- Salesman Sample Case containing garage door sliding Model No. 58 from quarter-sawn oak featuring full-sized hardware sized 18.5 x 18 in. two Wagner rolling garage door & elevator door sets steel brackets all preserved in hardshell sample case sized 20 x 30.25 x 5 in. fitted w/ nickel-plated corners bosses on bottom handle and clasps khaki-coloured cloth lining and pockets scuffing edgewear still VG exemplar originally owned and used by Orlo Ray William Hossack 1891-1937 a Portland architect real estate developer and salesman for Bonesteele to his clients. First editions thus of these catalogues and exceedingly rare complete salesman sample kit for the Wagner Manufacturing garage door hardware in the 1920s. After World War I the explosion and popularity of automobile ownership in the United States created a desperate need to house these often cantankerous and essential machines for homes businesses and commercial fleets. By quickly adapting their hardware sets for elevator doors first introduced before World War I Wagner was able to quickly capitalize on the market growth and need for door hardware to retrofit existing garages as well as new construction. Often coupled with doors produced by Johnson Fimbel Hartford Barber-Colman Overhead and Crawford the Wagner hardware sets proved durable and popular. In addition this sample kit features the specialized steel stud brackets developed by Wagner to help brace garages and sheds adapted for garage doors to hold automobiles as the weight of the doors could damage existing construction as Americans were interested in rolling doors and sectional garage doors rather than traditional swing-out barn-type doors. Wagner 1871-1937 originally founded his company in Cedar Falls IA in 1904 to manufacture children’s sleds coaster wagons and hay rack fixtures with a variety of door hardware. They merge with Star Elevator Doors before World War I and later with Boardman Elevator Control of Chicago with primary customers as Otis Elevator and Westinghouse. In 1934 Wagner began producing the iconic Wagner Overhead Garage Door and by the 1950s had become one of the largest garage door manufacturers in the country. Worldcat locates 1 copy of No. 25 Harvard; and 1 of Wagner-Star Elevator Door Cat Univ. of Kansas; no copies of the other catalogues or examples of the Salesman Sample Model in case. Wagner Manufacturing Co.; Orlo R.W. Hossack, Architect & Salesman for H.F. Bonesteele, paperback
179719088Edinburgh: A. Bell and C. MacFarquhar 1797. Hardcover. Fine. Disbound section from Britannica 1797 Vol. II on Architecture pages 217 - 256 with 20 plates. Topics include: the history of architecture principles of architecture the orders Tuscan order Doric order Ionic Order Corinthian Order Composite order; pilasters attics caryatides sic pedestals arches etc. 4to. Blue buckram with gilt title at spine Britannica 1797. Internally pages bright and fresh very clean. Plates are immaculate. A. Bell and C. MacFarquhar hardcover
1720653FKG01U79OVerona 1720. Contemporary stiff paper wrappers. Folio 38.5 x 25.5 cm. With 4 architectural drawings 3 double-page ca. 37 x 50 cm at a scale of about 1:60 and 1 loosely inserted full-page 24 x 35 cm at a scale of about 1:107 skillfully drawn in brown ink and several shades of grey watercolour. Two of the double-page drawings are elevations 1 partly in cross-section the other 2 drawings are floor plans each plan with a folding flap tipped on showing the plan of a higher level. The original designs for the alterations to the chapter library at Verona situated in the Church of St. Helena abutting the famous Cathedral of San Zeno the common wall appears in the drawings. The alteration was ordered by Scipione Maffei 1675-1755 and Jacopo Muselli and executed by the architect Lodovico Perini; it was finished in 1726. In 1713 Maffei a leading scholar poet and man of letters had made a remarkable discovery in the library: in its old cupboards he found late-classical and early Christian manuscripts from the 5th to 9th century stored there centuries earlier apparently to protect them against danger of flooding of the river Adige. On the basis of these old manuscripts and helped by the Canon Carlo Carinelli Maffei formulated a completely new and epoch-making theory regarding the development of the Latin script in three variants: the Roman majuscule the minuscule and the cursive hand showing an uninterrupted evolution from Roman Antiquity to the Renaissance. Maffei published the results of his studies in his Istoria diplomatica 1727 and Verona illustrata 1742. The rediscovery of these old manuscripts also resulted in a revival of Patristic studies and many new editions of the works of the Church Fathers.With some faint stains near the fore-edges an one edge of the loosely inserted drawing and a couple rust spots in the paper but still in very good condition. unknown
180047665Prague: Franz Gerzabkischen 1800. Folio. 14.25 x 10.25 in. vi 102 pp. Woodcut device on title tables 58 large folding many double-page or larger copper plates couple w/ minor closed tears at fold. Contemporary quarter calf over painted boards raised bands tan & gilt spine labels heavy rubbing & wear to spine corners fore-edges front & rear hinges starting but sewing sound occasional foxing and a couple leaves w/ minor ink marks still a good copy w/ VG- plates w/ ownership signature Louis Moulin. First edition of this very scarce and impressive treatise on 18th-century Austro-Hungarian architecture structural civil and mechanical engineering. Brust was the Royal Architect in Prague at the end of the 18th century and intended this treatise to aid architects and builders in Central Europe during the Napoleonic era. Reflecting the heavy influences of Baroque and Classicism styles at the time he has included numerous detailed plans and instructions on building trusses for roofs from the simple to incredibly large and elaborate. He has even included the spread sheet for materials and costs for constructing the truss and roof to a large public or private building plate 6. There are numerous different church steeples bell towers and even domes with detailed designs and instructions. In addition he has included instructions for building a large industrial wine press; well-drilling equipment; construction cranes for lifting trusses and stone; Japanese gardens; pile driving equipment; constructing bridge piers and timber bridges; the gates for locks in irrigation canals and transportation canals; and finally a detailed plate for water wheels and equipment -- 1 of which using an Archimedes screw. Of particular interest is plate 43 showing plans for the design and ornament of the roofs of Turkish mosques. Worldcat locates 5 copies; Engelmann Bibliotheca mechanico-technologica p. 55. Franz Gerzabkischen, hardcover
176411765Paris: Chez Jombert Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie 1764. First edition. Original Calf. Good- binding complete but hinges weak. Plates present. Octavo pp. xvi incl. frontispiece engr. 72. 67 plates. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. French edition of the original Italian treatise on the architectural orders by the Italian architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola. This was a highly popular and influential work on the 5 orders of classical architecture and went through numerous editions.n Chez Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie unknown
173429117London: Printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilford and J. Clarke 1734 1734. First edition. ESTC T56391; NCBEL II 798: "Doubtfully attributed to Ralph. Text a little foxed; fine copy. 8vo recent panelled calf period style by Phil Dusel red morocco spine label gilt lettering. viii viii 119 1 pp. Folding table. With half-title. A detailed travel guide to London's architecture monuments fashionable squares and statues from "mere Gothic heaps of stone without form or order" to the stately works of Inigo Jones Christopher Wren and the influence of Venetian Andrea Palladio. The entertaining narrative begins in the center of London and meanders out to Westminster Abbey and further still to the recently built Grosvenor Square. In the Poet's Corner at Westminster the narrator comments on the absence of John Milton and William Shakespeare and of Grosvenor Square he writes that "there is no harmony or agreement in the parts which compose it." The Critical Survey has traditionally and convincingly been attributed to American James Ralph who was born in Philadelphia around 1700 and in 1725 moved to London with his friend Benjamin Franklin. Ralph was an erudite and prolific Grub Street author pamphleteer playwright and poet who had a wide range of interests that is reflected in the variety of subjects he wrote about. According to Franklin he "was ingenious and shrewd genteel in his manners and extremely eloquent . . ." His guide to the architecture of London went through several subsequent revised editions. One could easily read it on a walking tour through London today. London: Printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilford and J. Clarke, 1734 unknown
177635511York: Printed for A. Ward and the Author 1776. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. xvi 420 pages. Marbled paper covered boards. Brown leather spine with gilt decorations. Both covers are detached. Title label missing. The right front flyleaf and the rear end sheets are present but loose. Spine has vertical cracks. Text block is in good condition. A tipped in receipt for purchase of this book signed by the author is located before the title page. Armorial bookplate of "Bryan Cocke Owston" on the front paste down. Printed name label - "From the Office of Morley Jeffers Williams" located above the bookplate on the front paste down. "Bryan Cocke Owston" inscription written in old ink on the title page. Poor to fair condition. Printed for A. Ward and the Author unknown
179521054York: J. Todd & Sons 1795. Hardcover. Good overall. 105 full page stunning engraved plates of the English Gothic architectural details of York Minster which contains the world's largest intact collection of Medieval stained glass. York Minster is the second largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe begun in 1227 and taking more than 250 years to complete. The edifice displays the development of Gothic architecture from Early English to the Perpendicular Period. The volume includes engravings of the interior of the Chapter House and the stained glass.<br /> <br /> Three quarter brown calf with brown & red marbled boards. Gilt title raised bands gilt rules at spine. Boards and spine rubbed. Internally top of inner hinges starting some loss to paper at top of hinges; scattered foxing throughout. Folio 105 engraved plates of details and ornament not paginated. OCLC: 12575100. J. Todd & Sons hardcover
172534249Augsburg: Jeremias Wolffens seel. Erben. 1725. German edition of the "Cours d'architecture" with additional copperplate engravings not included in the edition of 1699 printed in Amsterdam. Engraved frontispiece 84 full-page 37 double-page plates19 folded multipage copperplate engravings and 12 including 2 double-page copperplate engravings in the appendix. Collated complete. Quarto 22.5 x 17 cm. bound in full contemporary mottled calf the back sometime renewed to style with raised bands gilt ruled central ornamental pieces gilt red morocco lettering label gilt retaining original free-flies new endleaves added. 30 402 25 1 pp. A pleasing copy well preserved the text and copperplate engravings all in crisp and clean condition the binding strong very little evidence of overuse some expected rubbing to the binding's extremities as to be expected. RARE AND "THE BEST WORK OF ITS KIND YET OFFERED" Fowler. First published in French in 1691 the work was long considered the basis for the architectural history of France. The decorative plates depict buildings by Michelangelo and Vignola.<br> As D’Aviler’s book went through the printers it grew wings – more large folding plates which he inserted at the last minute including plans of gardens palaces and details of ironwork. What had started as an attractive and accessible guide to the Orders intended to inform clients artisans and fellow architects now became a platform for D’Aviler’s own architectural ambitions. Further plates were engraved but there was no room in the first edition or a second in 1694 and so alongside them D’Aviler prepared drawings for an enlarged edition.<br> Work on the new edition was continued by his son Nicholas Langlois II who had ‘acquired a very large quantity of new Drawings & Explanations both from the Author and from several other excellent Architects Painters & Draftsmen… with which to increase & embellish this Work.’ The death of the younger Langlois and the sale of the business to a cousin Jean Mariette delayed the larger edition of the Cours until 1710.<br> Mariette admired D’Aviler and compiled his biography. He mounted D’Aviler’s designs Boulogne’s frontispiece and other architects’ drawings for the Cours on sheets in a portfolio which joined more than 100 others to make up one of history’s greatest collections of drawings.<br> The frontispiece by Louis de Boulogne’s shows Architecture appearing as a young woman. She sits leaning on an altar with a Corinthian capital at her feet compasses in one hand and a portrait of Vignola in the other. Behind her are the ruins of Rome. Louis de Boulogne was the King’s Premier peintre but he was also D’Aviler’s close friend and the architect has corrected the painter’s perspective at the foot of the altar. Drawing Matter Richard Emerson<br> Vignola one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism was one of three architects along with Serlio and Palladio who spread the Italian Renaissance style throughout Western Europe. He is often considered the most important architect in Rome in the Mannerist era. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesů in Rome. Tutto Rinascimento De Agostini. 2011<br> His two published books helped formulate the canon of classical architectural style. The earliest Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura "Canon of the five orders of architecture" first published in 1562 probably in Rome presented Vignola's practical system for constructing columns in the five classical orders Tuscan Doric Ionic Corinthian and Composite utilising proportions which Vignola derived from his own measurements of classical Roman monuments. The clarity and ease of use of Vignola's treatise caused it to become in succeeding centuries the most published book in architectural history. See Palladio's Literary Predecessors 2018.<br> Jeremias Wolffens seel. Erben. hardcover
1784001777GIOVANNI ZEMPEL PRESSO MONTE GIORDANO Rome 1784. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good copy of edition in Italian from 1784. Completely square and tight parchment binding with four 4 nerves. Gilt title and floral motifs on light brown leather spine; all crisp bright and fully visible. Greenish covers with leathered corners. Title page with letterpress mark in woodcut. Marble end papers decorative red end pages. Size: 290 x 219 mm. Some light watermark like stains on covers. Short inscription in pen and adhesive sticker inside front cover. Small stamp in ink on title page slight foxing on some pages towards the end; otherwise remarkably preserved copy. First XXVI pages with dedication approval and information on the life of Alberti followed by 565 pages of author's text and 33 folded figure drawings at the end. Heavy and/or oversized book which CANNOT be EXPEDITE shipped for the quoted shipping price. Contact us prior to purchasing if you require EXPEDITE US or any type of INTERNATIONAL shipping. Full translation of title page text: THE TEN BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE BY LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI TRANSLATED INTO ITALIAN BY COSIMO BARTOLI - NEW EDITION DILIGENTLY CORRECTED AND COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINAL LATIN <br/> <br/> GIOVANNI ZEMPEL PRESSO MONTE GIORDANO, Rome hardcover
180000286320London: Printed For G. G. And J. Robinson Pater-Noster-row; and J. Cumming 40 Holborn Hill 1800 Contempory calf five raised bands gilt tooling boards tight speckled fore-edges no markings or tears. The Fifth Edition with Corrections and Additions. First published in 1776. mild foxing. 2 Letter to William Cullen M. D. Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh and First Physician to His Majesty in Scotland ect. ect. Monk Hill Aug. 1776. vii Preface. xvi Advertisment xviii 1 Contents xxiii B Essay First. Inclosures and Fences. 200 pgs. Essay Second. On Draining Bogs and Swampy Grounds. Introduction Mr. Elkington pp346. Illustration woodcuts Essay III. on the Proper Method of Levelling High Ridges. Essay VI. on Quick - Lime as a Cement and as A Manure. Advertisment 591 pgs. Quite Rare OCLC finds 19 copies. of this Fifth Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fifth Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Printed For G. G. And J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-row; and J. Cumming, 40, Holborn Hill hardcover
173017627London. Very Good with no dust jacket. c1730. First Edition. Engraving. This engraving is in very good condition full borders as published fine detail unfoxed uncolored as published verall size 9.5" x 7" image size 4.25" x 6" images available. ; 9.5" x 7.5" . unknown
1747ARCHITEC005944Giambatista Albrizzi Venezia. 1747. Second Venice edition. Small octavo. pp 44 213 30. Engraved frontispiece and twelve engraved plates. Period quarter vellum parchment boards leather title label.Some foxing to endpapers. Title label chipped. Very good indeed. Giambatista Albrizzi, Venezia. hardcover
1731W2385London: Colen Campbell 1731. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Daniel Campbell was a member of Parliament from Glasgow. His home Shawfield Mansion pictured in this engraving was attacked in 1725 by a mob protesting the passage of a tariff on Scottish malt. Image size of the engraving is 14 3/4 inches by 9 3/4 inches on a sheet of laid paper that measures 17 5/8 inches by 10 7/8 inches. The engraving is in near fine condition: clean and bright free of foxing. Three edges have some residue from red stain that was applied to the edges of the volume's textblock. First Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by Colen Campbell and Henry Hulsbergh. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fine Art Print. Colen Campbell
1731W2382London: Colen Campbell 1731. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. James Johnston was a Scottish diplomat Scotland's Secretary of State and delegate to the British House of Commons. In 1702 he commissioned the architect John James to design and build a mansion in Twickenham London. The result was the home depicted in this engraving. Image size of the engraving is 14 3/4 inches by 9 3/4 inches on a sheet of laid paper that measures 18 1/8 inches by 11 1/2 inches. The engraving is in very good condition: clean and bright very minimal foxing limited to upper margin; some printing smudging on the plan of the first floor. First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by Colen Campbell and Henry Hulsbergh. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fine Art Print. Colen Campbell
1731W2375London: Colen Campbell 1731. Original 18th Century Architectural Engraving. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Daniel Campbell was a member of Parliament from Glasgow. His home Shawfield Mansion pictured in this engraving was designed by Colen Campbell and was the architect's first commission coming before the architect came under the influence of Palladio. Built in 1712 Shawfield Mansion was attacked in 1725 by a mob protesting the passage of a tariff on Scottish malt. Image size of the engraving is 14 3/4 inches by 9 3/4 inches on a sheet of laid paper that measures 17 5/8 inches by 10 7/8 inches. The engraving is in near fine condition: clean and bright free of foxing. Three edges have some residue from red stain that was applied to the edges of the volume's textblock. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by Henry Hulsbergh and Colen Campbell. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fine Art Print. Colen Campbell
