Research Catalog

Title

The theory and practice of architecture; or Vitruvius and Vignola abridg'd. The first by the famous Mr. Perrault, of the Royal Academy of Sciences in France, carefully done into English. And the other by Joseph Moxon; and now accurately publish'd the fifth time [electronic resource].

Author

Vitruvius Pollio.

Publication

London : printed for J. Darby, in Bartholomew-Close; A. Bettesworth, in Pater-Noster-Row; F. Clay, without Temple-Bar; all in trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]

Details

Additional Authors

• Vignola, 1507-1573.
• Gale (Firm)

Description

[8],72,[7],16-98p.,plates : ill.; 8⁰.

Uniform Title

• De architectura. English. Abridgments
• Regola delli cinque ordini d'architectura. English. Abridgments.
• Eighteenth century collections online.

Alternative Title

De architectura.

Subject

• Architecture > Orders
• Architecture > Early works to 1800

Note

• A combination of Moxon's translation of Vignda's 'Regola .. ' and A. Boyer's version of Claude Perrault's 'Abrege' des dix livres d'architecture .. ', 1674.
• Plates numbered I-XL of the Vignola are included in the pagination.
• The Vitruvius has 11 numbered plates, the Vignola 51 (no.33 occurs twice).
• With an engraved frontispiece the Vignola has a separate titlepage reading, 'Vignola: or, the compleat architect; .. ', and unsigned gatherings.
• Explanation of plate XXI misnumbered XXII.
• A re-issue of the sheets of the 1703 edition, with cancel titlepages, the addition of letterpress description for plates XXIII-XLI of the Vignola, & the erratic pagination & plate numbering some what regularized.
• Variant; the misnumbered explanation to plate XXI (p.56 of Vignola) has the figure "XXII" in a different setting, placed under the end of the word "Discription" in the running title.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642617818
• T50050

Author

Vitruvius Pollio.

Title

The theory and practice of architecture; or Vitruvius and Vignola abridg'd. The first by the famous Mr. Perrault, of the Royal Academy of Sciences in France, carefully done into English. And the other by Joseph Moxon; and now accurately publish'd the fifth time [electronic resource].

Imprint

London : printed for J. Darby, in Bartholomew-Close; A. Bettesworth, in Pater-Noster-Row; F. Clay, without Temple-Bar; all in trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]

Series

Eighteenth century collections online.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, T50050.

Connect to:

Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Vignola, 1507-1573.

Gale (Firm)

Added Title

Regola delli cinque ordini d'architectura. English. Abridgments.