A treatise of the five orders of columns in architecture, . [...] To which is annex'd, a discourse concerning pilasters: and of several abuses introduc'd into architecture. Engraven on six folio plates [...] adorn'd with [...] borders, [...] initial letters, and [...] tail-pieces, by John Sturt. Written in French by Claude Perrault, [...] Made English by John James [...].
Claude Perrault (1613-1688)
Category
Books
Date
1708
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048100
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],XXI,[1],131,[5]p.,[10] plates . ill.. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: F.4. In the Dunham copy the errata and advertisement leaves have been bound after the subscribers' plates, rather than at the end of the text.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819).. Binding: Sprinkled panelled calf; blind rolled, ruled and tooled; spine label missing: 'Perrault's architectur'.
Makers and roles
Claude Perrault (1613-1688) John James of Greenwich (d.1746) John Sturt (1658-1730)