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Book/Printed Material A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern Paralell of architecture both ancient & moderne / Evelyn. Architecture

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Title

  • 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

Other Title

  • Paralell of architecture both ancient & moderne
  • Evelyn. Architecture

Names

  • Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606-1676.
  • Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
  • Roycroft, Thomas, -1677, printer.
  • Place, John, active 1645-1686, bookseller.
  • Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by Tho. Roycroft for John Place, and are to be sold at his Shop at Furnivals-Inn Gate in Holborn, M DC LXIV [1664].

Headings

  • -  Architecture--Orders--Early works to 1800
  • -  Sculpture--Early works to 1800
  • -  Sublet, François,--1588-1645--Portraits

Genre

  • Armorial bindings--Ireland

Notes

  • -  English translation of: Parallèle de l'architecture antique et de la moderne.
  • -  Added engraved special title page with portrait reads: A paralell of architecture both ancient & moderne by Roland Freart, Sr. de Chambray with inscription "To the most happie Memorie of Monsieur de Noyers Baron of Dangu Minster and Secretarie of State."
  • -  Signatures: pi² a⁴ *b² A⁴ B-C² D-Y⁴.
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) R19331
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1510
  • -  Errata: p. 156 (i.e. 159).
  • -  Bookseller's advertisement on p. [1] at end.
  • -  A digital reproduction of the copy of this title found at the British Library is available from Early English Books Online (EEBO)
  • -  LC copy in special armorial binding of the Tighe Family of Woodstock, County Kilkenny on front and back boards. In leather cover goold tooled slipcase.
  • -  LC copy still marked: NA2812.F8 1664. Shelved in RBSCD Rosenwald Collection under Rosenwald 1510
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-10-22 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [24], 156 (i.e. 159), [1] p. ; ill., port. (metal cuts) ; 35 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NA2812 .F8 1664

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47044048

OCLC Number

  • 3363159

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Fréart, Roland, Sieur De Chambray, John Evelyn, Thomas Roycroft, John Place, Leon Battista Alberti, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. 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. [London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for John Place, and are to be sold at his Shop at Furnivals-Inn Gate in Holborn, M DC LXIV, 1664] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/47044048/.

APA citation style:

Fréart, R., Evelyn, J., Roycroft, T., Place, J., Alberti, L. B. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1664) 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. [London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for John Place, and are to be sold at his Shop at Furnivals-Inn Gate in Holborn, M DC LXIV] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47044048/.

MLA citation style:

Fréart, Roland, Sieur De Chambray, et al. 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. [London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for John Place, and are to be sold at his Shop at Furnivals-Inn Gate in Holborn, M DC LXIV, 1664] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47044048/>.