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PERRAULT, Claude (1613-1683). Ordonnance des cinq especes de colonnes selon la methode des anciens. Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1683.
2° (369 x 242mm). Engraved headpiece and one initial, six engraved plates, 7 woodcut illustrations. (Some browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and corners repaired).
FIRST EDITION. 'The text is in two parts, the first treats of things common to all orders, the second characteristics of each order': Fowler 247; Cicognara 607 ('Opera ben eseguita').
2° (369 x 242mm). Engraved headpiece and one initial, six engraved plates, 7 woodcut illustrations. (Some browning.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and corners repaired).
FIRST EDITION. 'The text is in two parts, the first treats of things common to all orders, the second characteristics of each order': Fowler 247; Cicognara 607 ('Opera ben eseguita').