1632 – Five Orders of Architecture, Vignola | 50 Illustrated Full-Page Engravings

The most successful architectural textbook ever written!

A rare printing of Vignola’s Five Orders of Architecture Giacomo da Vignola was perhaps the most important 16th-century architects. Originally printed in 1562, ‘Regola,’ as it is often called, was successful mainly due to its effectiveness in teaching. It was designed to aid builders and designers in the realization of their architectural projects. It focuses on all five of the major orders (or styles) of architecture – Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Roman. (Fabrizio)

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Regles des cinq ordres d’architecture de Vignolle
• Author(s): Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
• Illustrator(s): Vignola
• Contributor(s): Pierre Le Muet (Editor; Translator)
• Publisher: Chez Pierre Mariette, Paris
• Edition: 1632.
• Binding: Full leather
• Format: (16mo), single volume
• Size:  6 in x 4 in (15 cm x 10 cm)
• Collation: 101 pp (even-numbered pages 84–102 not counted in collation, no text just engravings)
• Illustrations: 50 engraved illustrations throughout; two engraved title pages
• Contents Include:
  • Dorique
  • Ionique
  • Corinthien
  • Toscan
  • Composite

Condition:

Very Good. Full leather binding remains tight and secure with minimal rubbing. Pages and engraved illustrations are generally clean with light fading.

Why Collect This?

• Complete with all original plates bound in one volume
• Useful for collectors of classical design, architectural manuals, or French Enlightenment printing

Item Number: # 50342