A treatise of the five orders in architecture. To which is annex'd, A discourse concerning pilasters: and of several abuses introduc'd into architecture. Written in French by Claude Perrault, of the Royal Academy of Paris, and made English by John James of Greenwich

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  • A treatise of the five orders in architecture. To which is annex'd, A discourse concerning pilasters: and of several abuses introduc'd into architecture. Written in French by Claude Perrault, of the Royal Academy of Paris, and made English by John James of Greenwich
  • Ordonnance des cinq espèces de colonnes selon la méthode des anciens. English
  • Treatise of the five orders of columns in architecture
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Imprint
London : printed for J. Senex, and R. Gosling in Fleet-street; W. Taylor in Pater-noster-Row; W. and J. Innys in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Osborn in Lombard-street, M.DCC.XXII. [1722] The second edition. To which is added, an alphabetical explanation of all the terms in architecture, which occur in this work.; ..
Added name
James, John, -1746, translator.; Sturt, John, 1658-1730, engraver.; Senex, John, -1740, bookseller.; Gosling, Robert, -1741, bookseller.; Taylor, William, -1723, bookseller.; Osborn, John, -1739, bookseller. ; W. and J. Innys, bookseller.
Publication year
1722
ESTC No.
T135482
Grub Street ID
183899
Description
[10], xxi, [1], 131, [1], xii p., VI leaves of plates : ill. ; 2°.
Note
ESTC N13971 comprises the same leaves without the letterpress title page

With an additional undated engraved title page, omitting R. Gosling from the imprint, and an engraved dedication leaf

'An explanation of such terms in architecture as occur in the preceding treatise' has separate pagination and register

"Engraven on six folio plates of the several orders, adorn'd with twenty-four borders, as many initial letters, and a like number of tail-pieces, by John Sturt."-- engraved title page. The placement of the engraved head- and tailpieces and the initials may vary from copy to copy. The letterpress text is the same

A variant state has engraved initials "F" on p.[1] and "O" on p.4 when they should be the other way around.
Uncontrolled note
[10] = tp., engr. tp., engr. ded., ded. [4]p