1819 – Five Orders of Architecture, Vignola | 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: Gli ordini d’architettura civile di M. Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola
• Author(s): Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
• Illustrator(s): Vignola
• Contributor(s): Giovanni Battista Spampani; Carlo Antonini (editors)
• Publisher: Milano, A Spese di Pietro e Giuseppe Vallardi
• Edition: 1819.
• Binding: Leather, marbled boards
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Size:  12.5 in x 9.75 in
• Collation: 86p
• Illustrations: 44 engraved illustrations throughout; engraved title page
• Contents Include:
  • Dorique
  • Ionique
  • Corinthien
  • Toscan
  • Composite

Condition:

Very Good. Leather binding remains tight and secure with minimal rubbing. Pages and engraved illustrations are generally clean with light fading. Some leather loss on spine.

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: # 50619