A compleat body of architecture : wherein the five orders are exactly described in many elegant examples, with scales annexed, giving their true aliquot parts : embellished with a great variety of ornaments adapted thereto : augmented by several new designs, never before published, drawn by the greatest masters and engraved at an unspared expence, on one hundred and two folio copper plates ... / compiled, drawn, and engraved, by Matthias Darly, professor of ornament.
Alternate Title(s):
Ornamental architect
Published / Created:
London : Printed for and sold by Robert Sayer, map and printseller, no. 53, in Fleet-Street, as the act directs, January 12, 1773.
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, CII [i.e., 101] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Originally published in 1770 with the title: The ornamental architect, or Young artists instructor. The engraved title page of the 1770 edition (one of the 102 plates) is here replaced with a letterpress title page. Plates II and III are the dedication and index, respectively.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. | Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Early works to 1800.