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Title: Li cinque ordini dell’architettura civile di Michel Sanmicheli rilevati dalle sue fabriche / e descritti e publicati con quelli di Vitruvio, Alberti, Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio, e Vignola Autor: Alessandro Pompei Publication date: 1735 Language: Italian Pages: 112 Tavole (drawings): 37 The first page I chose shows drawings (maybe copperplate engravings) of several friezes (or…

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-Colona Traiana eretta dal Senato -Pietro Santi Bartoli -1673

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The reasons why I chose these two pages are the beautiful initials which I immediately connect to old books, the detailed drawing at the top of page 141 and the interesting concept and explanation on how it is constructed on page 277. The handmade sheets are glued and stitched together again by hand and bound…

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I have chosen this particular page, for detailed drawing/depiction of the fabrics

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“Logometron architecturae militaris Freitagianae”, Andreas Alexander, 1665

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Vignola – Regola delli cinque ordini d’architettura 1562 In the first picture you see that the two columns on the man‘s side are not symmetric which is very interesting. In the second picture you see many details and the planing with the dimensions. In the original book the pages are mirrored and also the book…

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The book was way smaller than i imagined. In fact, it was more like a paperback, but still very costly made and decorated. I believe to know the side of the paper was covered with thin gold and it seemed like there used to be a kind of painting or geometry printed on it as…

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The Villas of the ancients illustrated by Robert Castell I choose these pages as the author explains the position of the Villa in its surounding area and the location of the adjoining buildings, the different gardens and the topograhy. Furthermore all this information is mentioned in a beautiful siteplan. In this picture you can see…