‎Architecture‎

‎ARCHITECTURE-‎

‎Cottages, Villas et Maisons de Campagne. Ensemble- Coupes- Détails- Plans et Devis.‎

‎Paris, René Colas, 1912 ; in-folio en feuilles sous portefeuille de carton gris pale illustré et imprimé en brun rouge au 1er plat , fermeture par rubans; portefeuille un peu poussiéreux ,titre légèrement jauni,sinon très bon état intérieur.Un titre imprimé et 24 modèles en 24 planches hors texte imprimé en brun-rouge avec vue génarl et coupes au recto du feuillet et détails du cout au verso de chaque planche.‎

‎La démocratisation de la maison de campagne.(GrG)‎

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‎ARCHITECTURE.‎

‎Examples of Modern French Architecture.‎

‎London: Ernest Benn Limited 1928. FIRST EDITION. Cloth a little soiled and rubbed at spine else a very good copy in a poor dust jacket missing the top two inches of the spine panel. Of the 31 architects represented there are 12 plates of works by Le Corbusier and four by Mallet-Stevens. Uncommon. <br/><br/> Ernest Benn Limited hardcover books‎

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‎ARCHITECTURE.‎

‎Studio darchitettura civile. (XVIIème).‎

‎In folio, demi-vélin à coins.‎

‎Edition ornée de 51 planches gravées, dont 2 dépliantes.‎

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‎Architecture. Busch Harald & Bernd Lohse Editors‎

‎GOTHIC EUROPE.; With an Introduction by James Lees-Milne. With Commentaries on the Illustrations by Eva-Maria Wagner‎

‎London: Batesford 1959. 1st edition. Black cloth binding. Color pictorial dust jacket. NF pos on title page/VG avg wear. xxiii 200 pp. Frontis color 200 full-page images from photographs in b&w. Sm 4to. <br/><br/>From the 'Buildings of Europe' Series. Batesford hardcover books‎

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‎Architecture. Lathrop Elise‎

‎HISTORIC HOUSES Of EARLY AMERICA‎

‎New York: Robert M. McBride & Co 1927. 1st edition. Green cloth lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. VG spine dull. xv 1 464 pp. Illustrated. 4to. <br/><br/> Robert M. McBride & Co hardcover books‎

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‎Architecture. Portman John. Riani Paolo Text‎

‎JOHN PORTMAN. Interview with John Portman by Paul Goldberger‎

‎Washington DC: The American Institute of Architects Press 1990. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. A Fine copy in a similar jacket. 246 2 pp. Profusely illustrated with much in color. Folio. <br/><br/> The American Institute of Architects Press hardcover books‎

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‎ARCHITECTURE. [FOULC (Edmond)]‎

‎Catalogue d'une tr?s Importante Collection de Livres d'Architecture Recueils d'Ornements propres ? la d?coration des ?difices et aux Arts industriels par les ma?tres Ornemanistes Fran?ais et ?trangers des XVIe, XVII et XVIIIe si?cles. Livres Illustr?s du Xve au XVIIIe Si?cle comprenant notamment une remarquable s?rie de livres a figures sur bois Italiens.‎

‎Large 8vo, viii, 183, [9]pp., 20 plates, cont. quarter black calf, patterned paper boards, uncut. Auction catalogue of the famous Foulc collection of architecture and Italian woodcut books, the auction consisted of some 683 lots.‎

‎Architecture. Benjamin Asher‎

‎Practice of Architecture. Containing the Five Orders of Architecture and an Additional Column and Entablature with all their Elements and Details Explained and Illustrated. With Sixty Plates‎

‎Boston & Philadelphia: Benjamin B. Mussey & Deliver Thomas & Co. 1836. Large 4to.  275 x 215 mm. 10 ¾ x 8 ½ inches.  viii-116 pp. 60 engraved plates.  Contemporary sheepskin binding worn at edges and spine joints cracked and expertly repaired; some foxing to the margins and plates; generally a good sound copy. Third edition with alterations and improvements originally published in 1833 followed by a second edition in 1835.  This was Benjamin's fifth of seven publication on the history and practice of architecture and building construction.  His taste and technique in the field had enormous impact on the design of homes and communities in the North East before the Civil War. The Practice of Architecture built on the design and techniques that appeared in his The Architect or Practical House Carpenter which he published in 1830.  In his new book he included more complex drawings and sophisticated designs and contributed a 'sixth' order which he entitled Column and Entablature.  This was based on best construction practices of the day and but from Benjamin's point a view it needed rules that would both classify the order and also give instruction on how to accomplish its construction. Hitchcock American Architecture Books 136 for the first edition.  Juliette Tomlinson "Asher Benjamin -- Connecticut Architect" Connecticut Antiquarian 6 1954.  A Bibliography of Writings by and about Asher Benjamin Authors: Asher Benjamin and Jack Quinan Source: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Oct. 1979 Vol. 38 No. 3 Oct. 1979 pp. 254-256. Benjamin B. Mussey & Deliver, Thomas & Co. unknown books‎

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‎Architecture. Blondel Jacques Francois.‎

‎De La Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance et de la Decoration des Edifices en General.‎

‎Two vols. Paris: C.A. Jombert 1737-8. Two vols. 4to title page in red and black vi Dedication a Monsieur Turgot Avis au relieur Approbation xvi 198 pp.; vii i Avis au relieur 180 pp. Numerous head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece by Cochin and 44 plates 42 folding; Vol. 2 with 111 plates 15 folding. Most of the plates drawn and engraved by Blondel. All text-pages printed within a borderline. Original cats-paw calf rather worn joints repaired vol. 1 with new labels internally some browning and soiling a good solid set for reference not in "collector's condition". § First edition second issue without half titles errata slips and with Jombert's address as "Rue Dauphine". A handsomely illustrated work of the 18th century French architect and writer Jacques-François Blondel 1705-1774. The plates in Vol. I includes many architectural designs for houses and those in Vol. II depict both interior and exterior ornaments as well as garden plans. See Weinreb: "Arts Applied" #326 £240!: "an important source book of rococo designs of the mid eighteenth century surveys most aspects of the country house in an effort to point out the rights and wrongs of proportion composition and interior planning." Fowler 49. Berlin Cat. 2400. Graesse 1:441. Brunet 9800. C.A. Jombert unknown books‎

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‎ARCHITECTURE. FISCHER (Marianne)‎

‎Katalog der Architektur-und Ornamentstichsammlung. Teil 1: Baukunst England. Bearbeitet von Marianne Fischer.‎

‎Volume 1 [all published], 4to, 183pp., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth. The first volume, and last, in a planed series of specialised catalogues. This volume deals with the English section of the libraries holdings of architectural and ornamental books and prints.‎

‎Architecture. L'Orme Philibert de.‎

‎Architecture de Philibert de l'Orme Title on illustrated added title page: Oeuures de Philibert de l'Orme.‎

‎Thick folio in 6s. Paris: Chez Regnauld Chaudiere. 1626. Thick folio in 6s complete with 348 i.e. 350 leaves. Title vignette printer's device and over 160 woodcut illustrations in-text and on folding leaves. Numerous ornamental initials head and tail-pieces. Numerous errors in numbering of the leaves. A handful of paper repairs to worming holes; one partially repaired tear on leaf 207. Old reversed calf quite worn backstrip once richly gilt with red morocco label now rather dull crown and foot of backstrip and joints repaired. § The influential and extensively illustrated treatise by French Renaissance architect Philibert de l'Orme one of the first in the trade to insist that architects needed both formal training and practical experience. This edition not in Fowler but mentioned in the entry for the 1648 edition p.82. In this edition as in that of 1648 the two books of the Nouvelles inventions have been added to the nine original books as Books X and XI. Fowler notes: "Of the three leading early French architectural writers de l'Orme is the most interesting and original. De L'Orme has been called the first modern architect." Hugh Pagan notes of his copy of the first edition 1567: "one of the most extensive architectural treatises of the renaissance period. Its author Philibert de l'Orme 1514-1570 having studied in Rome in the 1530s worked as an architect successively for François I Henri II and Charles IX of France but his most famous building was the Château d'Anet designed and built by him for Henri II's mistress Diane de Poitiers between 1547 and 1552. In the present book he begins by discussing architecture in general and the qualities needed in an architect and then turns first to building materials and construction and then to the classical orders of architecture including a French order of his own invention. The book concludes with a section devoted to chimneys and with some final remarks on architecture in general including well-known woodcut illustrations of the bad architect f.281 and the good architect f.283." In this copy an early reader has charitably drawn eyes and a single rather shaky hand for the bad architect. Chez Regnauld Chaudiere.. unknown books‎

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‎ARCHITECTURE. THEATER DESIGN. Galli Bibiena Giuseppe 1696 1757‎

‎Architetture e prospettive dedicate alla maesta di Carlo Sesto.‎

‎Augsburg:: Andreas Pfeffel 1740. FIRST EDITION. Folio:. 39.5 x 30 cm. 5 folding lvs. 1 letterpress leaf 4 engraved lvs. title dedication frontis. and portrait 50 engraved plates divided into 5 series of 10 plates each. Bound in contemporary German quarter vellum with label “Kupferbuchâ€. The binding has minor wear and there is evidence that these 5 suites of plates were once bound with another work. This is a fine complete copy with only very minor cosmetic blemishes: some light dust soiling to the folds of a few plates scattered finger-soiling to some plate margins blank versos of some plates dusty a few minor marginal tears or marginal creases not affecting the images. Very nice. Bibiena. First edition of this richly illustrated work on architecture and perspective. The finely engraved plates show brilliant baroque compositions for catafalques theatrical scenes a series for the Passion of Christ in elaborate architectural settings and the decoration of the Riding School at Vienna for the marriage of the Archduchess Mariana with Prince Charles of Lorraine. The publication of “Architetture e prospettive†made a major contribution to the modernization of the theater establishing the so-called ‘scena ad angolo’ curved backdrops on Europe’s stages. The second son of the Italian architect Ferdinando Galli Bibiena Giuseppe Galli da Bibiena was to become a distinguished artist and designer of elaborate festivals parties funerals open-air theatrical performances and all manner of ceremony for the Habsburg rulers. He proved himself an excellent illusionistic painter with a deep theoretical understanding of perspective. These attributes coupled with an extraordinary imagination allowed Giuseppe to produce innovative often fantastic imagery. Among his early independent works were decorations for the festivities celebrating the birth of Archduke Leopold of Austria 1716 and an imperial wedding in Munich 1722. In 1727 Emperor Charles V appointed Giuseppe to be “His Majesty's First Theatrical Engineerâ€. Galli Bibiena also designed altars and pulpits for churches constructed a decorative arch in Prague and with his younger brother Antonio designed decorations for theaters. After Charles V’s death Giuseppe served the late monarch’s daughter Maria Theresia. Among his notable achievements in this period Giuseppe transformed the stables at the Hofburg in Vienna into a ballroom for the wedding of Charles Alexander of Lorraine to Marianna of Austria. In 1747 he was commissioned to design Margrave Frederick of Bayreuth’s opera house considered his magnum opus. At the time of his death at Berlin in 1757 Galli Bibiena was in the employ of Peter the Great. “Architetture e prospettive†dedicated to and with a portrait of Charles V was printed in the year of Emperor’s death and at the height of Galli Bibiena’s career. The work is comprised of five series of plates with ten plates each depicting funerary apparatus religious scenery “teatri sacri†and fantastic architectural views. “The range of motifs and views embraces topics that were of great interest at the end of the baroque era such as fantasy-laden reconstructions of classical ruins. In his designs the artist made use of various methods to make the architecture monumental working above all with views from below and cropped sections. In many designs he used the ‘scena ad angolo’ technique and in others in particular for the depiction of festive decorations for imperial ceremonies he used a central perspective as a dignified form… “One of the sets of engravings shows the decoration of the Cavallerizia the riding arena which was transformed in 1744 into a ballroom. The plates were made by Lorenzo Zucchi the engraver at the court of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden. The ‘theatro sacro’ and the stage decorations for the theater festival to mark the marriage of the future Elector of Saxon Frederick Augustus II are also his work. However most of the copperplates are by the imperial printer Andreas Pfeffel d. 1748… “The fusion of architecture and decoration in the two-dimensional medium of drawing is characteristic of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena’s designs… Giuseppe’s father Ferdinando in his book on architecture had also made an attempt to unite painting and architecture from the point of view of perspective using the special art form of scenography. In ‘Architettura e Prospettive’ Galli Bibiena elevated this synthesis of painting architecture and scenography to a form of art in its own right which had its greatest effect in the ‘staging’ of architecture in the service of absolutist power.†Biermann Grönert Jobst and Stewering “Giuseppe Galli Bibiena†in “Architectural Theory from the Renaissance to the Present†p. 156 ff. Fowler 136; Kat. Berlin 4152; not in Millard; not in Vagnetti Andreas Pfeffel, unknown books‎

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‎ARCHITECTURE. Vredeman de Vries Jan 1527 ca. 1607; Dietterlin Wendel ca. 1550 1599; Floris de Vriendt Cornelius II before 15‎

‎A magnificent profusely illustrated sammelband consisting mainly of more than 300 large engraved and etched plates comprising several major architectural treatises - including the masterpiece of the mannerist architecture Wendel Dietterlin and three important suites by Vredeman de Vries- augmented with an additional three rare series of plates of architectural elements and ornaments.‎

‎Antwerp Nuremberg and elsewhere:: various printers 1557- 1604. Large folio:. 40 x 31.3 cm. Bound in 17th c. stiff vellum boards soiled small defects to the corners and hinges. The contents are in overall excellent condition with only minor flaws a few damp-stains -mainly mild and almost always outside of the plate- occ. light soiling a handful of plates with light wash to give the impression of diaphanous clothing over nude female figures; plate 122 in the third work with a small portion neatly excised. The central portion of the German title page see below in the first work was neatly excised at an early date and replaced in manuscript with a title in French. The four divisional titles in the third work have the same kind of alteration. Provenance: Charles Alexandre de Croÿ 1574–1624 whose armorial bookplate has been pasted to the verso of first title page.This is a rare survival of a popular form of bespoke composite album the contents selected by and intended for use by as the title of Vredeman's "Architectura" states working architects masons stonecutters carpenters other artisans and amateurs "Personne qui cultive un art une science pour son plaisir sans en faire profession". These types of composite albums although widely used eventually became extremely rare – quite likely because they were so widely used; for they did not go into libraries but into the workshops of architects and decorators where they were copied and recopied worn out and in the end discarded. This album a fortunate survivor was assembled for Charles Alexandre de Croÿ 1574–1624 Marquis of Havré Count of Fontenoy Knight of the Golden Fleece from the Habsburg Netherlands. Murdered in 1624. Charles Alexandre had a distinguished military and diplomatic career. He fought in the Siege of Amiens 1597 led an elite cavalry in the Siege of Ostend 1602 and in the 1620s at the outbreak of the Thirty Years War served with the Imperial army in the Battle of White Mountain. Shortly after his retirement in 1624 he was shot dead through a window of his house in Brussels. Charles Alexandre whose interest in contemporary architecture is attested by his extensive renovation and expansion of Havré castle Château d'Havré in Mons Belgium where he welcomed Rubens in 1622.1. Vredeman de Vries Jan 1527- ca. 1607Architectura Ou art de bastir des Antiques tiré de Vitruve: qui sont cincq ordres de colonnes don't l'on peut tirer toutes sortes de bastimens selon l'usance et coustume de chascun pays: utile à tous Architects Massons Tailleurs de pierre Menuisiers et à tous amateurs de l'Architecture. Mis en Lumiere par Iean Vredeman dict Vriese.Antwerp: Andreas Bacx for Cornelis de Jode 1597Large folio: 40 x 31.3 cm. Etched title page 5 unsigned lvs. of text in French 23 etched plates in their first and only state numbered in Roman in the plate. Without the dedication text leaf not found in all copies.THE RARE SECOND FRENCH EDITION of this suite of architectural plates etched by the brothers Jan act. 1551-1606 and Lucas van Doetecum 1510-1570 after drawings by Jan Vredeman de Vries. This edition was published by Andreas Bacx for Cornelis de Jode successor to Gerard de Jode who produced the first French edition in 1577. The original publisher and date appear on the etched title; the 1597 imprint appears on the fifth text leaf. This copy lacks the dedication leaf present in a minority of copies lacking for example in the V&A and BM Lyon copies. While the text of this edition is in French the etched title page that was used was that of the 1581 German edition See Holstein. The text of the divisional title pages of the Dietterlin see 4. below have also been replaced by manuscript French versions by the owner or compiler of this sammelband.The plates represent the five orders: Tuscan 5 plates numbered 1-5 Doric 7 plates numbered 6-12 Ionic 4 plates numbered 13-16 Corinthian 6 plates numbered 17-22 and Composite 1 plate numbered 23. The accompanying text one leaf describing each order was translated from the first German 1577 by Theodore Kemp of Antwerp. Before and during the time that Vredeman produced work for Hieronymus Cock he also worked with the publisher of this work Gerard to Jode with whom he began his association in 1555.Each chapter deals with a different order. In each section there are five plates showing columns with various decorative embellishments followed by examples of building façades. "Foremost among sixteenth-century Netherlandish author-artists was Vredeman de Vries—an engraver architect and painter of prodigious imagination and talent. Born in the Friesland town of Leeuwarden he first studied painting with Reijer Griesten before assisting Coecke van Aelst on the decoration of triumphal arches built for the entry of the future emperor Philip II into Antwerp in 1549. Work on these designs laid the foundation for Vredeman's classical development as it brought him into contact with the publisher of various editions of Vitruvius and Serlio and with a circle of artists that included the architect Floris…"Through his contact with this Antwerp circle Vredeman began to study seriously the writings of Vitruvius and Serlio and expand his classical horizons. Political instability however continually interrupted his career. After marrying he moved to Antwerp in 1561 but was forced to flee the city for reasons of religious persecution. His life then became unsettled. He lived in Aachen Liege and Antwerp once again before moving to Wolfenbüttel in 1585. He next settled in Hamburg worked as a painter in Gdansk Danzig for the Polish court and later in Prague for Emperor Rudolf II. In the last decade of his life he returned to the Netherlands and lived in Amsterdam and The Hague. Throughout his wanderings and work as a decorative painter he continued to publish his increasingly famous engravings. Over thirty-three years between 1555 and 1587 he produced twenty-seven volumes consisting of 483 etched engravings. He remained active in fact until his death around 1606. His work in this field altogether eclipsed his paintings and few architectural commissions."The themes of Vredeman were extremely varied as well as always being elaborate and complex in character. In his 'Architectura oder Bauung der Antiquen aus dem Vitruvius' Vredeman came close to producing what might be called a column book. He acknowledged his architectural masters to be Vitruvius Serlio and the French theorist Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Vredeman however was not content simply to adopt the classical orders as presented by other European masters but rather he sought to adapt them to the different national and climatic conditions of the North indeed to invest them with northern European ornamentation of his own creation."Millard III Northern European BooksHollstein Dutch & Flemish XLVIII 408-431Bound with:Vredeman de Vries' First Two Architectural Publications – Published by Volcxken Diericx Hieronymus Cock's Widow2. Vredeman de Vries Jan 1527- ca. 1607Das Erst Buch Gemacht Auff de Zvvey Colommen Dorica und Ionica sampt iren podien bases cornicen capitelen architraben phrisen und coro- namenten eyn jede inn drey manieren gezieret und getailet zu mehrer zierd und schone Gezogen auss dem berumpten Architecten Vitruuio Sampt noch anderen zierden dazu dienlich den Malern Bildhavvern Stainmetzern Schreinern Glazmaler und sunst allen liebhabern den selben zu gutenAntwerp: Volcxken Diericx ca. 1578-1581And3. Das ander Buech Gemacht auff die zvvay Colonnen Corinthia und Composita sampt jren podien basen cornicen capitellen architraben phrisen und coronamenten: Iede inn vier manieren ghezieret und getailet zu mehrer zierd und schoene. Gezogen auß den berumpten Architecten Vitruuio Sampt noch anderen zierden dar zu dienlich den Malern Bildhavvern Stainmet- zen Schreinren Glaesern und sunst allen Liebhabren zu gutem.Antwerp: Volcxken Diericx ca. 1578-1581 Folio: 40 etched plates: 18 in the first volume in 3 sequences of 6 and 22 in the second. Without title pages see below. All plates in both series in first state.Two complete suites of plates without letterpress title-pages The titles above are taken from the first editions of 1565. The two editions of "Das Erst Buch" published by Cock's widow Volcxken Diericx in 1578 and 1581 were issued without title pages. And although her editions of "Das ander Buech" did have title pages these are often absent in extant copies where both works are found together. There is the possibility that these plates are from Cock's earlier editions but less likely.The plates in the first volume are marked A through S; some are signed in the plate by Cock. They depict architectural details floral elements grotesques etc. of columns Doric and Ionic in the first set Composite and Corinthian in the second bases and entablatures. These series mark the elevation of Vredeman the draftsman to the prominence heretofore enjoyed by his publishers Cock and Jode in his print projects.Two books by Jan Vredeman de Vries containing a great many etchings of columns and their details but without explanatory text preceded the 1577 book on architecture. In 1565 'Den Eersten Boeck' dealing with the Doric and Ionic orders came out at Hieronymus Cock's publishing house in Antwerp. 'Das ander Buech' on the Corinthian and composite orders came out the same year."Lombaerde Volcxken Diericx ca. 1525-1600In 1556 Hieronymus Cock and his wife Volcxken Diericx had established what was to become one of the most successful printing houses of the 16th century Aux Quatre Vents. Between 1557 and 1565 the firm published Vredeman's series exclusively and continued to print editions of his works to the end of the century. After Cock's death in 1570 Volcxken Diericx ran the Quatre Vents for thirty more years far longer than her husband and it is to her that we owe the preservation of 1604 of the plates. That she was a central figure is revealed in the firm's slogan: "Let the rooster "Cock" cook what the people "volcx" want.""Diericx jointly ran the business from the outset. Although she is a remarkable figure in the 16th-century cultural history of the Low Countries she has tended to be overshadowed by her husband. Her precise duties are unclear but are likely to have included working in the shop and selling prints as shown in an engraving from 1560. After Cock's death on 3 October 1570 she firmly guided the publishing house for some thirty years through the most turbulent period in Antwerp's history including the sack of the city by Spanish troops in 1576."Jan Van der Stock in Hieronymus Cock: The Renaissance in Print 2013Hollstein Dutch & Flemish XLVII 183-200 & 201-222.Bound with:Architectural Fantasy4. Dietterlin Wendel ca. 1550-1599Architectura de constitutione symetria ac proportione quinuqe columnarum. Nuremberg: Balthasar Caymox 1598Folio: 209 lvs. of 210 lacking the colophon leaf comprising 5 engraved title pages 5 lvs. of text re-margined presumably at the time of binding and 199 etched plates including divisional titles. Plate 6 is repeated. The engraved folio numbers that go up to 209 include the letterpress leaves main title portrait and divisional titles. The verso of the general title re-margined at an early date has an engraved portrait of the author which is usually printed on a separate sheet.ENLARGED SECOND EDITION of both parts. The first part appeared at Stuttgart in 1593 the second at Strasbourg in 1594. The text of this copy is in Latin and French. A German edition appeared in the same year. A complete set these beautiful and fantastic plates by the painter draftsman and architectural theorist Wendel Dietterlin whose achievements include the famed now destroyed ceiling for the upper room of the Lusthaus at Stuttgart."The book is organized around the five orders of architecture primarily expressed in the columns of a building and the entablature architrave frieze cornice which rests upon them. But these orders are also the basis for all other decorative elements of the building and complex sets of rules have been developed around them."It must be emphasized that Dietterlin's orders have only a blurred resemblance to the classical orders based on Vitruvius developed in the Renaissance by Vignola Serlio Palladio and others and propagated in Germany by the Swiss Hans Blum. For Dietterlin the five orders are merely a take-off point or framework for his ungovernable imaginative flights. The weirdest and richest forms are invented the most varied effects of light shade and perspective are introduced; animal and plant ornaments proliferate over the basic architectural elements. Only occasional touches remind the viewer that these are meant to be let us say Doric or Ionic. They are decorations no artisan could ever have realized. They turn into an overwhelming confusing and enchanting play of fantasy. Included are chimneys door frames portals fountains tombs and monuments. The German High Baroque is forcefully anticipated; the magic of the late Gothic style is still conjured up in several plates; some designs are derived from the late Italian Renaissance; some are purely personal phantasies. Some seems as if they were meant for stage designs although of course they are not. A 'Doric' kitchen interior turns into a glutton's nightmare; a 'Tuscan' stove into an elephant; and the door in the concluding plate leads to the triumph of death – the symbolic Finis for the work of a genius who in the words of his dedication considered life miserable and dreary but art as a source of pleasure and grace"PlazekMillard III Northern European Books 29; Avery's Choice 47; See Fowler 105 for a copy also lacking the colophon of the 1598 German edition.Bound withFantastic Grotesques5. Floris de Vriendt Cornelius II before 1514-1575Veelderley niewe inventien van antycksche sepultueren: Diemen nou zeere ghebruvkonde is met noch zeer fraeye grotissen en compertimenten zeer beqwame voer beeltsniders antycksniders schilders en alle constenaers ; libro secundoManuscript title in French: Diverses figures et pourtraicts de grottesques Compartimens et Sepultures antiques usitees au temps present: fort utiles por tous Tailleurs d'images Peinctres etc. Inventees pr C. Floris. Impremees par Jéromme Cock Antwerp: Hieronymus Cock 1557Folio: Title with central section pasted over with a piece of paper on which is written a French title and imprint and 15 unnumbered etched plates showing fantastic decorations and funerary monuments. Published by Cock and etched by Jan and Lucas van Doetecum. The book is styled "Libro Secundo" due to the publication a year prior of another set of plates on similar themes.FIRST EDITION of Cornelis Floris' suite of extraordinary grotesque decorations and designs for tombs. Very fine with just a few light stains. A few of the nude figures have been adorned with delicate diaphanous blouses and floral arrangements in ink.In the 16th century The Netherlands developed its own version of the grotesque characterized by heavy three-dimensional forms. Cornelis Floris pioneered the style in Antwerp inspired by a visit to Rome in 1538. An architect as well as a sculptor Floris populated this superstructure with satyrs caryatids terms and masks. Some of his favorite devices are also visible--string birds with string holes and figures enclosed by straps. In the upper cavity smoke trails from Vulcan's forge."Etched by the brothers Jan act. 1551-1606 and Lucas van Doetecum 1510-1570 after Floris' designs these plates demonstrate the power of the Doetecums' distinctive technique which produced "a smooth gradation of tone varying the weight of lines by both variable biting and the use of échoppe. Their technique chiefly consists in the subjection of etched lines to a rigid system and the supplementing of etching with a larger or smaller amount of burin work. It is very likely that Hieronymus Cock himself had instructed the Van Doetecum brothers because he was the only Netherlandish etcher at the time to make extensive use of variable biting. But the Doetecums' use of the method to produce variation in the weight of a single line is unprecedented. Their technique was especially successful at landscape prints and maps. Their even tightly controlled line also suited their other works such as architectural and ornamental prints."New HollsteinCornelis Floris II or Floris de Vriendt was born in Antwerp and made his name as a designer and sculptor of funerary monuments notably those of King Christian III reigned 1535–59 of Denmark in Roskilde Cathedral c. 1568–75 that commissioned c.1549 by Duke Albrecht I of Prussia reigned 1525–68 for his wife Dorothea with additions for his second wife Anna Maria c.1570 and that for the Duke himself 1569–73—destroyed the last in the Domkirche Königsberg now Kaliningrad. After a visit to Rome he became the most influential designer of Renaissance and Mannerist ornament in Flanders. Floris designed and made the Rood-screen in Tournai Cathedral 1573–4 and the stone tabernacle in the St Leonarduskerk Zoutleeuw 1550–2 both in Belgium. His decorative style was much disseminated by de Vries influenced designers in the northern Netherlands and his monuments were made familiar by the engravings published 1557 by Hieronymus Cock c. 1510–70. His work was typical of Antwerp Mannerism."New Hollstein Van Doetecum Part I The Antwerp Years 35-50; See Hollstein Dutch & Flemish VI p. 250.Bound with:Gates Portals Furniture6. Vredeman de Vries Jan 1527- ca. 1607; Galle Philippe 1537-1612Differents pourtraicts de menuiserie asçauoir Portaux Bancs Escabelles Tables buffets friezes ou corniches licts-de camp ornaments a pendre l'essuoir a mains fontaines a lauer les mains. Propre aux Menuiziers et autres amateurs de telle science. De l'inuention de Jehan Vredeman dict de Vriese et mis en lumiere par Philippe Galle.Antwerp: ca. 1583Etched title and 16 etched plates of ornate gates portals furniture. Plate 4 in first state of three all others in first and sole state. These plates were engraved and presumably published by the important publisher designer and engraver Philippe Galle.Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Vredeman de Vries XLVIII 491-507Bound with: A Rare Series of Engraved Pilasters7. Munting also Muntinck Heinrich; Munting also Muntinck Adriaen active 1570-1617Etliche zierliche und underscheidliche Termen . gar dientlich vor Schreinwerkren Bilthawren Stainmetzen Glesern und allen Liebhebren der ArchitectureManuscript title in French: Divers beaus termes dresses sur l'ordre des 5. Colonnes… Inventez par Henry Munting. Taillez et Imprimez par Adrian Munting. 1604.Amsterdam: Adriaen Munting 160411 plates including title numbered 1-11 all mounted on larger sheets. Title plate 1 within an engraved border signed the printed portion excised and replaced in manuscript. Plates 2-11 show various ornate engaged pilasters with capitals based on the architectural orders. Unlike the Rijksmuseum copy and the set recorded in Hollstein which have 9 plates each this copy has 11 plates the last two of which have human heads or helmets in place of traditional column capitals. Also while the Rijksmuseum copy has "Clement de Jong Excudit" on the first plate ours has "Michiel Colyn Excudit". This is an extremely rare set of prints. The engraver and Goldsmith Adriaen Munting of Groningen was active in Amsterdam between 1570 and 1617.Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: the 17th century 9564-9574; See Hollstein Dutch & Flemish XIV p. 118 suite of 9 plates 'Columns'. various printers, 1557- books‎

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‎Les maisons de demain dans les r?gions lib?r?es. Article (7 pages, 26 dessins de maisons) dans l'illustration.‎

‎Num?ro complet.‎

‎Architecture: Luders Carl Friedrich‎

‎PRAKTISCHES HANDBUCH DER BAUKUNST ODER: GRÃœNDLICHER UNTERRICHT IN EINIGEN HAUPTTHEILEN DERSELBEN ALS: 1. IN DER ARCHITEKTUR SELBST ODER VON DEN SÄULEN UND DEN SÄULEN-ORDNUNGEN. 2. VON DER VERFERTIGUNG IRREGULAIRER WERKSÄTZE. 3. VON DER TREPPENBAUKUNST. 4. VON DER SCHATTEN- CONSTRUCTION ODER WIE EINE GEOMETRISCH- ARCHITEKTONISCHE ZEICHNUNG GEHÖRIG NACH SCHATTEN UND LICHT ZU TUSCHEN SEY. FÃœR ANGEHENDE BAUKÃœNSTLER UND GEWERKEN NÃœTZLICH‎

‎Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch 1818. viii68pp. plus 34 engraved plates made more accessible by blank extensions from the inner gutter. Quarto. Frontis. Old calf-backed boards spine perished and boards detached. Some creasing and overfolds to folded plates scattered dusting and light foxing plate XXV detached from its extension and a trifle frayed at the fore-edge; just a good copy suitable for rebinding. Second edition first published in 1805. As the title suggests this is a practical manual rather than a treatment of history or aesthetics. The visual component is comprised largely of schematics and renderings of column designs with some attention to decorative detailing and stairways including precise measurements. The plates bear captions in French and German and many bear cutlines attributing them to "Champion sc." While the 1805 edition is well- represented in OCLC/Worldcat representation of the second edition is very slight. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT69871

‎Architecture: Washington DC‎

‎Original Press Kit from the Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts‎

‎Washington DC: Kennedy Center 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. 4to. Two-pocket card folder gilt title to front. Containing approximately 25 sheets of typed press information two original site programs an illustrated informational booklet and four 8” x 10” black-and-white photographs. Light adhesive staining to photograph versos overall near fine. <br/><br/>An apparently complete press kit from the December 2 1964 ground-breaking for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Highlighted by four photographs of intricate architectural models of the interior and exterior the kit also contains dozens of pages of information provided to the press by the Center's public affairs department including: a January 23 1964 copy of the “John F. Kennedy Center Act” of Congress; a copy of Most Reverend Philip M. Hannan's invocation during the ceremony; seating charts of dignitaries attending the event; background on the conception and planning behind the Center and more. The Kennedy Center is the busiest performing arts center in The United States and represented the first time that the Federal Government financed construction of a building devoted to the performing arts. The Center opened to overwhelming positive reviews and remains an enduring landmark. A scarce and well-kept record of its ground-breaking. No copies located in OCLC nor in commerce. [Kennedy Center] paperback books‎

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‎Architecture de la Renaissance Italienne de Brunelleschi à Michel-Ange.‎

‎Paris, Musée des Monuments Français, Flammarion, 1995. In 4 (220 x 310) de 399 p. Toile noire de l’éditeur avec jaquette illustrée en couleurs. Etat neuf.‎

‎Etude consacrée aux recherches et aux théories architecturales suscitées par l’extraordinaire activité du bâtiment sous la Renaissance, avec un panorama des chefs d’oeuvre de l’architecture civile et religieuse de cette période. Ouvrage richement illustré en couleurs et publié sous la direction de H. A. Millon et V. M. Lampugnani.‎

Référence libraire : 4508

‎ARCHITEKT SEHABETTIN.‎

‎Konya abideleri.‎

‎Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 68 p., b/w plts. Konya abideleri. Turkish and Islamic m¿numents in Konya city. First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Ex-library copy.‎

‎Architekten Behnisch & Partner / Behnisch & Partners Architects‎

‎Designs 1952-1987‎

‎Stuttgart: Behnisch & Partner 1987 . Paper bound in heavy card covers 1st edition oblong octavo profusely illustrated with photos line and scale drawings & diagrams. 287pp. Very good in French flaps. 1.26 kilograms unpacked - extra postage will be requested for shipment outside Canada! Stuttgart: Behnisch & Partner, 1987, unknown‎

Référence libraire : 9521 ISBN : 3922608531 9783922608530

‎Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen - Allianz Dresdner Bauspar AG (Hrsg.)‎

‎Moderne kontra Retro-Architektur - Aktuelle Tendenzen im Wohnungsbau - 9. Bad Vilbeler Gespräch / 14. Hessischer Architektentag‎

‎Wiesbaden, Allianz Dresdner Bauspar AG / Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen, 2006. 8°, 83 S. mit zahlreichen s/w- und Farbabbildungen, farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), Erstausgabe vorderer Klappentext oben mit Besitzervermerk, sonst schönes, sauberes Exemplar‎

‎mit enthalten: Jochem Jourdan: Geschichte und Gegenwart in der Architektur der Stadt: Ein Werkbericht aus der Region Frankfurt/Rhein Main‎

Référence libraire : 20188CB

‎Architektur Zeitschrift‎

‎Bauwelt Zeitschrift Heft 16 90. Jahrgang 1999: Gewerbebau‎

‎1999. Gütersloh Bauverlag 23. April 1999 4° S. 843-886 mit Farb- und s/w.-Abb. Illustr. Architektur- und Grundrißdarstellungen tollen Werbeanzeigen etc. etc. illustr. original Kartonage geheftet Abo-Adress-Aufkleberchen auf Vorderdeckel sonst schön hhreg Should your order's weight exceed 1kg we shall need to message you to recalculate the shipping cost. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 30436AB

‎Architektur Zeitschrift‎

‎Bauwelt Zeitschrift Heft 48 96. Jahrgang 2005: Melbourne‎

‎2005. Gütersloh Bauverlag 23. Dezember 2005 4° 72 S. mit Farb- und s/w.-Abb. Illustr. Architektur- und Grundrißdarstellungen tollen Werbeanzeigen etc. etc. illustr. original Kartonage geheftet Abo-Adress-Aufkleberchen auf Vorderdeckel sonst schön hhreg Should your order's weight exceed 1kg we shall need to message you to recalculate the shipping cost. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 30437AB

‎Architektur Zeitschrift‎

‎Bauwelt Zeitschrift Heft 8 97. Jahrgang 2006: Stadt-Bibliotheken‎

‎2006. Gütersloh Bauverlag 17. Februar 2006 4° 40 S. mit Farb- und s/w.-Abb. Illustr. Architektur- und Grundrißdarstellungen tollen Werbeanzeigen etc. etc. illustr. original Kartonage geheftet Abo-Adress-Aufkleberchen auf Vorderdeckel sonst schön hhreg Should your order's weight exceed 1kg we shall need to message you to recalculate the shipping cost. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 30440AB

‎Architekturmuseum Deutsches & Claes Caldenby & Joran Lindvall & Wilfried Wang & Thorbjorn Andersson‎

‎Sweden 20Th-Century Architecture‎

‎Prestel Pub. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition :. Hardcover. 3791319361 . Tall quarto hardcover unworn and FINE in NF DJ now in clear mylar jacket protector. Solid and heavy copy. Filled with iconic colored photos of buildings which reflect a century of change. ; 12.70 X 9.40 X 1.40 inches . Prestel Pub hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 23736 ISBN : 3791319361 9783791319360

‎Architektur - UPMEYER, Bernd (Redaktion)‎

‎Monu #9 (number 9). Exotic Urbanism.‎

‎Rotterdam. Board Publishers 2008. 131, (8) pages. With a lot of illustrations. Illustrated original softcover binding. 27x20 ccm‎

‎* Includes: A City under the Influence by Vesta Nele Zareh; Cities of Girl by Laurent Gutierrez and Valérie Portefaix/ Map Office; Thawing Urbanisms in the Arctic by Mason White and Lola Sheppard; Living Facades - Green Urbanism and the Politics of Urban Offsetting by Owen Hatherley; Flying Grass Carpet by Joop de Boer; The 'Great Comeback' of The Chinese to Katendrecht by Els Vervloesem; Urbanism of the permanent Tourist by Deane Simpson; Plastic Wrapped History by Hannah Epstein; Golf Courses and Cultural Conventions of Nature by Jacqueline Schlossman; The Sky is not near enough by Shumon Basar; Defining the Exotic when Identity is Lost by Yasmine El Rashidi; Nondescript Exotism inside the Urban Tissue by Anne Seghers; Pseudo-Democracies and Pseudo-Commissions - Interview with Reinier de Graaf/ OMA by Bernd Upmeyer and Beatriz Ramo; Elite Commune by Lei Liu; Re-fun by Yaowalak Baltisberger; Urbanism in a Minor Key by Gean Moreno and Ernesto Oroza; The Exotic and the Local - From Superhero to Supercity by Yehuda Greenfield - Gilat.‎

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