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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Period 17th century

Work Type engraving

Subject Terms Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.

Classification Books

1. Vignola, or the compleat architect : shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders in architecture : viz. Tuscan, Doric, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English, may readily learn the proportions that all members in a building have one unto another : set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola / translated into English by Joseph Moxon.

Vignola, or the compleat architect : shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders in architecture : viz. Tuscan, Doric, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English, may readily learn the proportions that all members in a building have one unto another : set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola / translated into English by Joseph Moxon.

Creator:: Vignola, 1507–1573
Date:: 1655
Physical Description:: [9], 16-80 p., 23 leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 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.

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.

Creator:: Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Date:: MDCLXIV [1664]
Physical Description:: [24], 159, [1] pages : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The architects store-house : being a collection of several designes of frontispieces, doors and vvindow-cases, cieling-pieces, alcoves, chimney-pieces and fountains, with divers other sorts useful in eminent buildings. Likewise a representation of the five columns of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite. Useful for painters,, carvers, masons, carpenters, bricklayers, joyners, cabinet-makers, plaisterers, &c. Containing fifty cooper-plate prints / collected and set forth by Robert Pricke.

The architects store-house : being a collection of several designes of frontispieces, doors and vvindow-cases, cieling-pieces, alcoves, chimney-pieces and fountains, with divers other sorts useful in eminent buildings. Likewise a representation of the five columns of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite. Useful for painters,, carvers, masons, carpenters, bricklayers, joyners, cabinet-makers, plaisterers, &c. Containing fifty cooper-plate prints / collected and set forth by Robert Pricke.

Creator:: Pricke, Robert
Date:: 1674
Physical Description:: [2] p., [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Traité des manieres de dessiner les ordres de l'architecture antique en toutes leurs parties : auec plusieurs belles particularitez qui nont point parû jusques a present, touchat. les bastimts. de marque comme, la naturelle entresuitte des gros et menüs membres de l'eurs degrez ou escaliers : puis, le moyen darrester par dessein et modelle en petit, les parties d'vn edifice, en sorte q'uestant executé en grand, il fasse l'effet que l'on senst proposé, et enfin, la pratique de trouuer la place geometrale des jours ombres et ombrages, sur les corps geometraux / par A. Bosse.

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Creator:: Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Date:: MVICLXIIII [1664, i.e. 1665]
Physical Description:: [3], XLIV leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Li cinque libri di architettura / di Gio. Battista Montani milanese ...

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Creator:: Montano, Giovanni Battista, 1545–1621
Date:: 1684
Physical Description:: 5 volumes : illustrations ; 43 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. XXX. pieces d'architecture : tirees du tres exellent auteur Vincent Scamozze : et autres : tres necessaire a ceux qui sont Proffession de cet Art = XXX. pieces of architecture : taken out of the famous Author Vincent Scamozze : and others : Very necessary for all those that are affected to the said Art.

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Creator:: Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552–1616
Date:: 1660.]
Physical Description:: [4] p., [29] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Des ordres de colõnes en l'architecture, et plusieurs aũes dependances dicelle / par A. Bosse.

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Creator:: Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Date:: 1664
Physical Description:: [1], A-V leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A nevv book of architecture : wherein is represented fourty figures of gates and arches triumphant, composed of different inventions according to the five orders of columnes, viz. the Tuscane, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite / by Alexander Francine ... ; with a description of each figure ; set forth by Robert Pricke, for the use and benefit of all ingenious workmen that are concerned in eminent building.

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Creator:: Francine, Alexandre, -1648
Date:: 1669
Physical Description:: [4] pages, XXXX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 41 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The first book of architecture / by Andrea Palladio ; translated out of Italian ; with an appendix touching doors and windows, by Pr. LeMuet ... ; translated out of French by G. R. ...

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Creator:: Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:: 1668
Physical Description:: [10], 32, [1], 36-159, [29], 191-198, [19] p. 218, [3], p. 220, [3], p. 226, [3], p. 230, [3], p. 234, [2], 237-239 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A brief and plain description of the five orders of columns of architecture : viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Roman and Corinthian, with their architraves, friezes and cornishes / by Simon Bosboon, the city-mason of Amsterdam. According to that most eminent and excellent architect Vincent Scamozzi, master-builder of Venice. And reduced into minutes, with a diagonal sccale, very useful and necessary for all mason, bricklayers, carpenters, joyners, painters, carvers, plaisterers, turner, etc. Very plan and easie for all lovers and young practitioners, of this art of architecture.

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Creator:: Bosboom, Simon, 1614–1670
Date:: 1676
Physical Description:: [8] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts