De grondt-regulen der bouw-konst, ofte De uytnementheyt van de vijf ordens der architectura.

4to: 16 pp.; 42 pl. (front. underlaid, some staining in upper corner).

Contemp. vellum, ink-titled flat spine, ties (sl. soiled, sl. unfirm). Reasonable copy.

Rare second Dutch edition by J. Schuym (1st 1662; orig. Venice 1615) of the ground rules of "L'idea della Architettura Universale", the standard work of Scamozzi (1548-1616), pupil of the great Palladio. Engr. ill.: front. with portrait (maybe from a later ed.), 2 unnumb. diagrams (1 folding) and 40 full-page plates showing columns and architectural details of the Five Orders.
Ref. STCN. - Not in Berlin Kat., BL.
Bound after: Vermaarsch J. - Grondige bewys-redenen der bouw-kunst, over den sin en pracktijk van den autheur Vincent Scamozzi, waar in klaar werd bewesen, dat men door een wel-verdeelde timmermans duym-stok also wel, als door parten, of minuten, den autheur Scamozzi, Palladio en Vinjola &c. hare Vijf Colommen kan uytwerken. Ibid., 1689. 68 pp. (some staining, tear in all folding pl.; without the front. of this ed.). Rare 1st ed. of this treatise by Vermaarsch, master-bricklayer at Leiden. Engr. ill.: 31 full-page plates, of which 5 fold. showing the columns of the Five Orders. Ref. STCN. - Not in Fowler, Berlin Kat., BL.