A parallel of the ancient 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, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the two Latin, 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 Terms particularly affected by Architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise of statues. By John Evelyn, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606-1676.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Parallèle de l'architecture antique et de la moderne. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture--Early works to 1800.

Sculpture.

Architecture--Early works to 1800.

Architecture.

Architecture--Orders--Early works to 1800.

Architecture--Orders.

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages,xxiv,xxix-xxxviii,115 pages, 1 unnumbered page;6 unnumbered pages,53 pages, 3 unnumbered pages,61-74 pages : illustrations ; 2⁰

Edition:

The fourth edition, with the addition of The elements of architecture: collected by Sir Henry Wotton, ..

Place of Publication:

London : printed by T. W. for J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, and A. Ward ; W. Mears, F. Clay, B. Motte, and D. Browne, MDCCXXXIII. [1733]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Translated and edited by Evelyn.

Titlepage in red and black.

'An account of architects and architecture' has separate pagination and register.

Preface text is continuous despite the pagination.

Braces in imprint.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T117369.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.