A nevv book of architecture.. Wherein is represented fourty figures of gates and arches triumphant, composed of different inventions, according to the five orders of columnes. Viz. the Tuscane, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite. By Alexander Francine, Florentine, engineer in ordinary to the French King: with a description of each figure. Set forth by Robert Pricke, for the use and benefit of all ingenious workmen that are concerned in eminent building.
Francine, Alexandre, -1648
Category
Books
Date
1669
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3236985
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], xxxx leaves of plates ;. fol. Accession no. 3786. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: manuscript inscription of "Liber Roberti Wilkinson. Ex dono amici ejus Candidissimi Dni: Caroli Soperi May 25 Anno Domi: 1700" on pastedown. Binding: seventeenth-century plain sheep.
Makers and roles
Francine, Alexandre, -1648 Pricke, Robert