FREART, Roland, Sieur de Chambray. [A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern, translated by John Evelyn, London: for D. Brown [and others], (?) 1723], 2 parts in one volume, 2°, (?) third edition, engraved title and 40 plates (lacks printed title, 3 plates cleanly torn, a few holes at inner margin, occasional spotting and staining), contemporary calf (worn). [cf. Fowler 130] Sold not subject to return.

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FREART, Roland, Sieur de Chambray. [A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern, translated by John Evelyn, London: for D. Brown [and others], (?) 1723], 2 parts in one volume, 2°, (?) third edition, engraved title and 40 plates (lacks printed title, 3 plates cleanly torn, a few holes at inner margin, occasional spotting and staining), contemporary calf (worn). [cf. Fowler 130] Sold not subject to return.

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This edition contains John Evelyn's An Account of Architects and Architecture, with its own title page dated 1723, which includes a dedication to Christopher Wren.

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