The Architectural Director: Being a Guide to Builders, Draughtsmen, Students, and Workmen, in the Study, Design, and Execution of Architecture: Containing Comprehensive Comparative Tables of the Respective Proportions of Each Member of the Orders of Antiquity, and Those of the Modern Masters; and Detailed Tables Presenting the Dimensions of Every Moulding in the Orders of Vignola, Together With Plates Showing the Particular Form of Each Distinct Part, and the Different Methods of Tracing Them; With Arcades Adapted to the Several Orders, When Employed Either With or Without Pedestals; and Also the Purest Examples of All the Other Parts Which Enter Into the Composition of Edifices; the Whole Reduced to Modules and Minutes, or Parts; Followed

John Billington

Verlag: John Bennett, London, 1834

Beschreibung

The second edition of John Billington's extensive look at architecture, profusely illustrated throughout, including with folding plates. An uncommon work. The second edition of this work. This work is a very interesting and extensive study of architecture, with a helpful glossary of architectural terms. It is a comprehensive guide to classical architecture. The author especially focuses on the work of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola. Vignola was an Italian architect, prominent in the sixteenth century in the Mannerism style. He designed the Villa Farnese and the Church of the Gesu. Illustrated with fourteen folding plates, and sixty-nine plates. Written by John Billington, an architect. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown, 'J. A. Aspinwall'. In a cloth binding. Externally, generally smaart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some discoloration and loss to the spine label. A little fading to the spine. A small chip to the spine. Front hinge is strained after the textblock but remains firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with scattered spots. Tape repairs to the reverse of the folding plate titled 'To Obtain a Proportional Gradation of the Orders'. Plate 'Five Orders of Vignola' is detached but present. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 639P49

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Architectural Director: Being a Guide to...

Verlag: John Bennett, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1834

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Good

Art des Buches: book