Arphe y Villafañe (Juan de): Varia Commensuracion para la Escultura y Arquitectura, Madrid, Imprenta de Miguel Escribano, 1773, folio, sixth edition, woodcut illustrations (dampstained throughout, O3 and Y6 cleanly torn, contemporary-vellum (badly crinkled). [Fowler 23; Palau 16058; Brunet V, 1223]

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Arphe y Villafañe (Juan de): Varia Commensuracion para la Escultura y Arquitectura, Madrid, Imprenta de Miguel Escribano, 1773, folio, sixth edition, woodcut illustrations (dampstained throughout, O3 and Y6 cleanly torn, contemporary-vellum (badly crinkled). [Fowler 23; Palau 16058; Brunet V, 1223]

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First published in Seville, 1585. 'This work is divided into four books: Book I on geometry with an appendix on sundials; Book II on proportions of the human body and its parts; Book III on animals and birds; Book IV on the five orders of architecture and church fittings' (Fowler).

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