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FRÉART, Roland, Sieur de Chambray (ca 1606-1676). A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern in a Collection of ten Principal Authors who have written upon the Five Orders... Translated by John Evelyn. London: T.W. for J. Walthoe and others, 1733.
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FRÉART, Roland, Sieur de Chambray (ca 1606-1676). A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern in a Collection of ten Principal Authors who have written upon the Five Orders... Translated by John Evelyn. London: T.W. for J. Walthoe and others, 1733.
2o (349 x 221 mm). Engraved additional title-page, 40 full-page engraved illustrations, engraved head- and tail-pieces, engraved initials. (Engraved and letterpress title reinforced along inner margin, first and last leaves with light chipping to margins, some browning and staining.) Modern half calf.
Later edition, after the first edition in French of 1650 and the first English translation of 1664. "The preface to the work strikes a new note in English architectural theory. The true model of architecture resides in antiquity, but not all examples of antique architecture are now considered worthy of imitation." See Millard British 19 (for the first English edition 1664).
2o (349 x 221 mm). Engraved additional title-page, 40 full-page engraved illustrations, engraved head- and tail-pieces, engraved initials. (Engraved and letterpress title reinforced along inner margin, first and last leaves with light chipping to margins, some browning and staining.) Modern half calf.
Later edition, after the first edition in French of 1650 and the first English translation of 1664. "The preface to the work strikes a new note in English architectural theory. The true model of architecture resides in antiquity, but not all examples of antique architecture are now considered worthy of imitation." See Millard British 19 (for the first English edition 1664).