FRÉART DE CHAMBRAY (Roland). A Comparison of Ancient and Mod - Lot 77

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FRÉART DE CHAMBRAY (Roland). A Comparison of Ancient and Mod - Lot 77
FRÉART DE CHAMBRAY (Roland). A Comparison of Ancient and Modern Architecture. With a collection of the ten principal authors who have written on the Five Orders; namely, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L. B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another. Paris: Edme Martin, 1650. Folio, first edition illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a title vignette, 39 (of 40) full-page engraved plates, and initial letters, headpieces, and tailpieces. Contemporary full-leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands. “Cartusiae Villenovae” stamp on the title page (Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon). (One plate missing; binding is faded; significant wear and leather loss; some foxing; traces of water damage, including a water stain in the lower right corner that runs across the entire volume; small areas of paper loss on certain pages; some stains)
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