Title: 1759 ARCHITECTURE FULLY ILLUSTRATED by d'AVILER antique VIGNOLA MICHELANGELO Description: Ausführliche Anleitung zu der gantzen Civil-Bau-Kunst, worinnen Nebst denen Lebens-Beschreibungen, und den fünf Ordnungen von J. Bar. de Vignola Wie auch dessen und des berühmten Mich. Angelo vornehmsten Gebäuden, Alles, was in der Baukunst... vorkommen mag, berühret, an deutlichen Beyspielen erkläret und mit schönen Rissen erläutert wird. (A comprehensive guide to the entire art of civil architecture, in which, along with biographical sketches and the five orders of J. Bar. de Vignola, as well as his and the famous Michael Angelo's most distinguished buildings, everything that may occur in architecture is touched upon, explained with clear examples, and illustrated with beautiful drawings) by A.C. d'Aviler Augsburg, Hertel; 1759 With engraved frontispiece, numerous text engravings, and 65 (instead of 69) mostly folded copperplate engravings. 15 leaves, 402 pp., 13 leaves. Original leather binding (spine with raised bands, spine and corners restored). Marbled endpapers -Ornament Engraving Collection 2391. Fowler 32f. - German translation of d'Aviler's "Cours d'Architecture," which was first published in Paris in 1691 Some occasional stains, p. 215/216 with small corner tear, one folding plate repaired. Size 7 by 9" Text in German Augustin-Charles d'Aviler (or Daviler) (1653 – 23 June 1701) was a 17th-century French architect. He was one of the main promoters of the vignolesc canon, but far from simply publishing it, he developed it by proposing variations of motifs to give more flexibility and expressiveness to the rigid system of the five orders. Please see my other auctions
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