Vignola revived : wherein is shown the true and most elegant proportions of the five orders as laid down by that great master : illustrated by two hundred and twenty-seven designs of palaces and other magnificent buildings : executed by himself in Italy and elsewhere : neatly engraved on fifty-six folio copper-plates : adapted not only to the general use of architecture, but herein particular subjects are treated with the greatest accuracy, viz. : the five orders; columns, symbolical, &c. &c. doors, windows, niches, &c. cornishes, French and Italian ; ballustrades, mosaic work, mouldings, &c., sections of rooms, with designs for furniture; ornamental iron-work for various purposes; temples, grotto's, and summer retreats, for parks, gardens, &c. plan, elevations, and sections of the castle of St. Angelo at Rome; also of a church, pallaces [sic], &c. : with many other particulars relative to the art of building.
Alternate Title(s):
Cours d'architecture. English
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Robert Sayer, map and print-seller, at the Golden Buck in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXI [1761]
Physical Description:
4 p., 56 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved t.p.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. | Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Sayer, Robert -- Publisher. | Benedictines -- Autograph. | Bibl. B.M. de Angelis Princethorpe -- Stamp. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1761.