Perrault Claude - Apr 27, 2012 | Gonnelli Casa D' Aste In Italy
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Perrault Claude
Perrault Claude
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Perrault Claude, Ordonnance des cinq especes de colonnes selon la methode des anciens. Par M. Perrault de l'Academie Royal des Sciences. A Paris: chez Jean Baptiste Coignard, imprimeur & libraire ordinaire du roy, 1683.

In-folio (mm 360x241). Pagine [8], XXVII, [1], 124; VI carte di tavole incise. Qualche macchia e qualche arrossatura sparse. Ben conservato. Legatura coeva in pelle. Ex libris francese coevo manoscritto al frontespizio. Prima edizione. Trattasi di una rifondazione dei cinque ordini dell'architettura classica, un nuovo ordine per un nuovo stile di bellezza, rappresentato nel colonnato del Louvre.  Fowler 247; Kruft 150; Goldsmith P 811; Cicognara 607; Millard I, 28: «One of the most precise statements of a position on architectural theory to be published at any time, and one of the main documents of architectural expression of the Ancient-Modern quarrel»; Avery's Choice, 62: «After elaborating his theory of 'arbitrary beauty', he proposed a new proportional rule for the orders».

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Folio (mm 360x241). Leaves [8], XXVII, [1], 124; VI leafs of engraved illustrations. Some sparse stains and rust stains. Well conserved. Contemporary leather binding. Contemporary French ex libris handwritten on the title-page.
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