A parallel of the ancient architecture with the modern [...].

2 parts in 1 folio: front.-[24]-xxxviii-115, [6]-53-[1 bl.]-59/74 pp. (top of title def., some min. soiling on the margins).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (corners, sides and joints rubbed and partly bumped, joints starting to split and front cracked, head and tail def.).

Fourth and last English ed. (1st orig. 1650, 1st Eng. 1664) of Fréart's architectural treatise in which he compares 10 previous writers' (a.o. Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, etc.) interpretation of the forms and proportions of the classical orders with his own accurate representations of actual examples surviving from antiquity. John Evelyn appended an English translation of Alberti's "Della Statua". Ill. with an engr. front., 40 engr. pl., 3 engr. text ill. and some head- and tailpieces.
Ref. Fowler 128.
Prov. Mod. bookpl.