The full title of my book is: „Topographia Galliae, oder, Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und bekantisten Oerter in dem mächtigen und grossen Königreich Franckreich : beedes auss eygner Erfahrung und den besten und berühmbtesten Scribenten so in underschiedlichen Spraachen davon aussgangen seyn auch auss erlangten Bericht- und Relationen von etlichen Jahren hero zusammengetragen in…
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This book is about inventions, as the title „Inventioni d’ornamenti d’architettura di Michel Angello Buonaruotti e d’altri“ (Inventions of architectural ornaments by Michel Angello Buonaruotti and others) reveals. The title is the only written information we get about this book. It doesn’t have a list of contents, nor is it organized in chapters or sections….
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Friends with an old Book Task 2 Universae Architecturae Civilis Elementa, Christian Rieger, 1756 Universae Architecturae Civilis Elementa is a book that was published in 1756 by Christian Rieger. It was written in Latin at the time and covers civil architecture in about 300 pages. Christian Rieger was able to print his book with the…
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The full title of Martin Zeillers book is „Topographia Galliae, Oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten / und bekantisten Oerter / in dem mächtigen / und grossen Königreich Frankreich“ and it has in total four volumes. Translated from latin the meaning „ „Topographia Gallilae“ ist the topographic of Gaul and by further inspecting the inside…
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The author Marie-Joseph Peyre lived in the 18th century and was himself an architect. That I an explanation for the title Oeuvres d’architecture, which means as much as “the work of art in architecture”.If we take into account the time in which Peyer lived, this makes perfect sense, since he was in the midst of…
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The title of the book I received is entitled: Reigle générale d’architecture des cinq manière de colonnes : à scavoir, tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinth et composite: book enriched of several others, with the example of the antique. The title is very revealing. Its author, Jean Bullant, talks about the columns and describes them in particular. Furthermore,…
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Manière de bastir pour touttes sortes de personnes Pierre Le Muet The full title of the book is “Manière de bastir pour touttes sortes de personnes” which means the way of building for every sort of people. From the title it is clear that the topic of the book is architecture and that it is…
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“Logometron architecturae militaris Freitagianae” or in german “Kunstmass der Freitagischen Bevestigung“ is written by Andreas Alexander in 1665. The book is written in german while the title is in latin. As Alexander was working as an architect, he dedicated this work to architecture. More specificly on the matter of circle sector: The part of a circle enclosed…
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The title of the book is: “Architectura militaris”, written by Andreas Cellarius in 1645. It was written in German and has the old style of writing. This book is about military construction in early times in Europe. In other words, about the fortifications and how they are built. The book is structured in four large…
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The title offers a clue what the author wants to say. It seems like the book is a manual for building a house the right way. The drawings and pictures in the book reveal big projects which suits the bourgeoisie but not the lower classes. The houses look expensive and must be designed for a…