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, Dorick, Ionick and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise. And the two Latin, Tuscan and Composita the latter. / Written in French by Roland Fréart, 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.

Contributor:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706, ed.

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706, tr.

Browne, Daniel, 1647-1727, bookseller.

Walthoe, John, 1657 or 1658-1744, bookseller.

Tooke, Benjamin, -1716, bookseller and attributed author.

Tooke, Benjamin, -1723, bookseller and attributed author.

Midwinter, Daniel, active 1698-1725, bookseller.

Raley, Robert L., former owner.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Standardized Title:

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

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Sculpture--Early works to 1800.

Sculpture.

Architecture--Orders--Early works to 1800.

Architecture.

Architecture--Terminology--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

[22], 115, [1], [6], 75, [1] p. : ill. ; 35 cm.

Edition:

The second edition with large additions.

Place of Publication:

London, : Printed by D. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple Bar, J. Walthoe in the Middle Temple-Cloysters, B. Took at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street, and D. Midwinter at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1707.

Notes:

First issued in 1664.

"An account of architects and architecture" by John Evelyn is on p. 1-67 of 5th sequence and has special t.-p. with imprint date of 1706; separately paginated; by 1697 it was expanded and enlarged to twice its original size from 1664 edition and dedicated to Sir Christopher Wren. Cf. Harris.

Head and tail pieces; wood-cut initials; engraved title vignette.

Bookseller's advertisement: [1] p., final sequence.

John Evelyn's English translation of Fréart's 'Parallèle de l'architecture antique avec et de la moderne' (1650)

English translation of Alberti's 'Della statua" is on p. 61-75.

Engraved illustrations and added engraved t.p. are close copies of the original plates of the 1650 edition which were originally drawn and engraved by Charles Errard. Cf. Fowler; Harris.

Bookseller "B. Tooke" may be either Benjamin Tooke the Elder, or his son, both of whom were active during this time.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Robert L. Raley/Carpenters' Company Collection.

Athenaeum copy: Binder's title: Evelyn's parallel of architecture.

Athenaeum also has copy of 1664 edition (Harris 230)

Athenaeum's copy lacking added t.p.

Athenaeum copy: Book has been rebound in full leather with original leather binding from front and back covers mounted to new binding.

Cited in:

Fowler, 130

Harris, E. Brit. architectural books, 232

ESTC, T118307

Park, Helen. A list of architectural books available in America before the revolution, 15

Contains:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 Account of architects and architecture.

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 De statua. English.