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Author additional ss Vignola, 1507-1573.

On-site Access Accessible by appointment in the Study Room

Subject Terms Architecture -- Early works to 1800.

1. Vignola revived : wherein is shown the true and most elegant proportions of the five orders as laid down by that great master : illustrated by two hundred and twenty-seven designs of palaces and other magnificent buildings : executed by himself in Italy and elsewhere : neatly engraved on fifty-six folio copper-plates : adapted not only to the general use of architecture, but herein particular subjects are treated with the greatest accuracy, viz. : the five orders; columns, symbolical, &c. &c. doors, windows, niches, &c. cornishes, French and Italian ; ballustrades, mosaic work, mouldings, &c., sections of rooms, with designs for furniture; ornamental iron-work for various purposes; temples, grotto's, and summer retreats, for parks, gardens, &c. plan, elevations, and sections of the castle of St. Angelo at Rome; also of a church, pallaces [sic], &c. : with many other particulars relative to the art of building.

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Creator:: Aviler, Augustin-Charles d', 1653–1701
Date:: MDCCLXI [1761]
Physical Description:: 4 p., 56 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts