VIGNOLE Jacques Barrozzio de, Grand et Nouveau Vignole, ou Regle des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture [Architectural Work on the Geometry of Architecture], Paris (1847)

Grand et Nouveau Vignole, ou Regle des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture.

selon (...). Augmenté de l'Order Francais, avec un Traité de Géométrie; de la coupe des Pierres, des batiments et jardins; de charpente; de menuiserie, et serrureries. Ouvrage compose de So Planches, avec le Texte explicatif sur chaque. Paris (1847). Mondhar. Vanmaelle engraver. Folio, 80 plates in copperplate (in place of the 86). Semi-flat contemporary binding.

Architectural work on the geometry of architecture; types of columns; distribution of columns without pedestals; on pedestals, porticoes, pedestals. Jacopo (or Giacomo) Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573) - Italian architect and architectural theorist, also known as Vignola, one of the most prominent architects of the second half of the 16th century. Abrasions and loosening of the binding, traces of flooding and unsoiling on the pages in places, 6 plates missing (76,78,79,81,82,83); ca. 12 plates repaired (locally glued with tissue paper due to annealing or loss), traces of unsoiling and staining.