De architectura Iacobi Androuetii du Cerceau, opus : quo descriptae sunt aedificiorum quinquaginta planè dissimilium ichnographiae, in omnium non modò potentiorum, sed etiam mediocrium & tenuiorum gratia[m], quos aedificandi studium oblectat: adiunctâ vsus & commoditatis in habitationibus singulis expositione, vnà cum integra cuisque aedificij dimensione. Hûc accedit breuis explicatio de structurarum, quibus aedifica constant, dimensione per orgyiam, que Gallica est architectorum mensura, sex longa pedes: quâ certè methodo nemo non aedificia quaevis metiri, & futuri in aedificando sumptus rationem secum inire poterit ...
Alternate Title(s):
De architectvra Iacobi Androvetii du Cerceau, opus
Published / Created:
Lutetiae Parisiorum : E typographia Benedicti Praeuotij, 1559.
Physical Description:
[32] pages, [69] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
First edition of the Latin text; also issued by the same printer in the same year with a French text with title: Livre d'architecture.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture, Domestic -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800. | Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520–1598 -- Autograph.