PERRAULT,, Claude (1613--1688)
A treatise of the five orders of columns in architecture, viz. Toscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. Wherein the proportions and characters of the members of their several pedestals, columns and entablatures, are distinctly consider'd, with respect to the practice of the antients and moderns. ... To which is annex'd, a discourse concerning pilasters: and of several abuses introduc'd into architecture. Engraven ... by John Sturt. Written in French by Claude Perrault, ... Made English by John James of Greenwich.
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