La Nuova Architettura Famigliare. Divisa In Cinque Libri Corrispondenti A' Cinque Ordini, Cioè Toscano, Dorico, Ionico, Corintio, E Composito

CAPRA, Alessandro.

Verlag: Bologna, Per Giacomo Monti, 1687

Beschreibung

NOT ONLY ARCHITECTURE, BUT ALSO PURE ENGINEERING. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [8], 366, final blank. Roman letter, some Italic. Woodcut initials, profusely illustrated with beautiful woodcuts in the text, of different sizes. 2 folding plates. 1st title within fretwork border followed by dedicatory leaf and second title within architectural border. Full-page woodcut portrait of the author within oval to verso of 4th leaf from beginning. Each of the 5 books introduced by individual engraved t-ps showing magnificent architectural frames. Occasional light browning. Charming contemporary pasteboard, all edges untrimmed, title handwritten to spine over label. An excellent copy of this marvellous illustrated book. "Capra does not consider architecture as the art of building but as a science with a strong engineering aspect. In his work he provides the embryonic theoretical distinction between architecture and building. The singularity of Capra's works lies in the localized quality of his references and his focus on the technical aspects of architecture; all his precepts are technological. The treatise on civil architecture is divided into five parts corresponding to the five orders of architecture, but this is a purely symbolic arrangement, since Capra is not interested in the traditional norms and precepts of architectural theory focused on columns" (Millard). "The first folding plate gives a method for drawing a broken pediment, the second a machine for irrigating fields" (Fowler). Fowler 79; Millard, IV, 27; Olschki Choix, VI, 6260; Piantanida 4347; Riccardi, I, 234. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1653458180698

Bibliografische Details

Titel: La Nuova Architettura Famigliare. Divisa In ...

Verlag: Bologna, Per Giacomo Monti

Erscheinungsdatum: 1687

Einband: Rilegato

Zustand: ottimo

Auflage: prima edizione