Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, Containing An Historical Account of the Five Orders, with their Proportions, and Examples of each from Antiques; Also Extracts from Vitruvius, Pliny &c. relative to the Buildings of the Ancients. Calculated for the Use of those who wish to attain a summary Knowledge of the Science of Architecture. With a Dictionary of Terms. Illustrated with Eleven Plates. the Second Edition, Much Enlarged.

Published by London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, Holborn., 1794

About this Item

8vo, pp.xvi,117,[3], frontispiece and a further 10 plates to rear. With a final advertisement leaf. Later reback retaining original mottled calf boards, spine with contrasting green labels and gold lines. Previous owners bookplates to front pastedown, the first elaborate initials TG below a dragon's head on a crown, the second with the name Arthur Wadsworth, and the motto Aquila non Captat Muscas. Hinges reinforced with bookcloth and marks on pages 16 and 17 where a bus ticket has been left but an attractive copy. Published as a popular guide to classical architecture, a fashionable interest at the time, the book went through several editions in the years following first publication.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, Containing An Historical Account of the Five Orders, with their Proportions, and Examples of each from Antiques; Also Extracts from Vitruvius, Pliny &c. relative to the Buildings of the Ancients. Calculated for the Use of those who wish to attain a summary Knowledge of the Science of Architecture. With a Dictionary of Terms. Illustrated with Eleven Plates. the Second Edition, Much Enlarged.
• Publisher: London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, Holborn.
• Publication Date: 1794
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classics
  • Eighteenth century
  • Art history