The title of the book is “Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la moderne” which is in French, is called “Parallel of ancient architecture with modern” translated into English. As it is shown in the title, it talks about ancient architecture but focused on the five orders and their adaptions to different ancient buildings. The book…
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The title of the book is “Memoirs on the Most Important Objects of Architecture” (original in French: Mémoires sur les objets les plus importants de l’architecture). It is obvious to see that the book is a memoir or a collection of elements that played or are still playing very important roles in the world of…
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The full title of the book is: „LI CINQUE ORDINI DELL’ ARCHITETTURA CIVILE DI MICHEL SANMICHELI Rilevati dalle due Fabriche, E descritti e publicati con quelli di Vitruvio, Alberti, Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio e Vignola DAL CO: ALESSANDRO POMPEI.“ I think it states that the book summarizes the work of all those great men in the…
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The title of the book is “Exercitationes Vitruvianae primae”. It was published in the year 1739 and was written in Latin. The title does not reveal in depth what the content is going to be about, but we know that it has something to do with the exercises of Vitruvius the first. There is also…
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“De sacris aedificiis a Constantino magno constructis”, which was published in 1693, is a history of the ancient churches built by Emperor Constantine the Great. While this title might indicate various book-types, the preface shows that it has been written by a clergyman and probably found most interest among them. It is thus not very…
Le theatre de l´art de charpentier
Wie schon der Titel «Le theatre de l´art de charpentier» es andeutet, geht es in diesem alten französischen Buch um ein Theater. Im Buch sind zahlrieche Abbildungen zu finden. Grundrisse, Schnitte und Ansichten sind im Buch zu finden. Es gibt kein Inhaltsverzeichnis am Anfang dieses Buches. Trotzdem ist das Buch in Kapiteln gegliedert. Undzwar in…
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The title of the book De la distribution des maisons de plaisance, vol., already tells us what topics the book deals with. It is written about luxury houses and shown with pictures. Accordingly, the book is addressed to architects who deal with luxury houses. Presumably, the houses are needed to entertain richer guests.Two tables of…
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The architect and engineer Martino Bassi was born in Milan but originally from Lugano. The title of the book I became friends with is entitled ‘Dispareri in materia di architettura et perspettiva’ and in fact from this you can already understand what it is about: the differences of ideas with another architect. He is best…
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#21-957-295 #40 The full title of the book is: “Les Edifices Antiques De Rome Dessinés Et Mesurés Tres Exactement Par Antoine Desgodetz Architecte” and means approximately the same as “The ancient buildings of Rome drawn and very accurately measured by Antoine Desgodetz architect”. It was published in Paris and edited by “Chez Jean Baptiste Coignard…