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Primary information about the book

  • Title: Reigle générale d’architecture des cinq manières de colonnes : à scavoir, tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinth et composite : livre enrichy de plusieurs autres, à l’exemple de l’antique
  • Attribution: veu, recorrigé & augmenté par Jean Bullant
  • Publication: A Rouen : de l’Imprimerie de David Ferrand
  • Edition/Date: 1619 (PDF) / 1647 (physical version)
  • Format[60 S.] : Ill. ; 42 cm
  • Language: French
  • Subject: SÄULENORDNUNGEN (KLASSISCHE ARCHITEKTUR)
  • Contributor: Bullant, Jean 1510-1578 

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ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 267 GF, ETH-Bibliothek, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Schweiz

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Reigle générale d’architecture, Jean Bullant

In this book, the illustrations are very impressive in their detail; especially with this Corinthian column.
Moreover, I found it interesting to find a sonnet in a book aimed at explaining architecture; also note that it forms an acrostic!
The illustrations here are also rich.

Compared to the viewed PDF version, the title is not placed in the same place.
The illustrations around the text of the sonnet are very different in the paper edition consulted at the ETH library; indeed, they are much more richly decorated.
The book has a large format (close to A3), but it is not thick. The pages are made of thick parchment. Most of the pages have been repaired, and many stains and traces of wear are observable. There are for example holes, probably made by moths and fingerprints, moisture, … On some pages the ink has run through and the illustrations have transferred to the next page.
The title page at the beginning of the book has obviously been cut out of another book and glued into this one in order to have a complete book.

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