The theory and practice of architecture; . or Vitruvius and Vignola abridg'd. The first, by ... Mr. Perrault, ... (and carefully done into English.) And the other by Joseph Moxon; and now accurately publish'd the fifth time.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1702 - 1703
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3005631
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 72; [7], 16-80p., plates (1 folded). ill. (metal cut) ; 8vo. Running number: 1251. Imperfect: part 1 lacks plate X. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript inscription in pencil in twentieth-century hand on front pastedown: "Perrault | Tr. Boyer, A.". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards with single gilt fillet to form a border. Blind roll pattern on board edges. Five raised bands edged with single gilt lines. Two colour endbands with front beads. Three supports laced in; pastedown and conjugate endleaf at both ends. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC) , author Abel Boyer (1667-1729), translator Joseph Moxon, translator Vignola (Giacomo Barozzio) (1507-1573), author