Lot #17: Claude Perrault Beautiful Architectural Folio Engravings 1683

Claude Perrault (1613-1683). Ordonnance Des Cinq Especes De Colonnes Selon La Methode Des Anciens. Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1683. Folio. Full Speckled Calf Boards. Spine With 6 Raised Bands, Morocco Label In 2Nd Compartment, Remaining Gilt. Stripe-Patterned Dentelles. All Edges Speckled Red. 2 Parts In 1. 6 Plates At Back. Ex Libris; Bookplate Of Elden Hall Mounted On Front Pastedown. Generally Very Good Condition, Various Imperfections. Fowler 247; Cicognara 607. *** The Ordonnance, Published Just Months After Perrault'S Death, Advances His Theory Of Architecture. Perrault Argues For His Theory Of Beauty That Proposes A Middle Ground Between Three Sorts Of Architecture Observed Between Vitruvius' Treatise, Roman Antiquities, And The Renaissance. "The Ordonnance Is A Manifesto In Which Claude Perrault Clearly Asserts His Superiority Over The Ancients As Well As His Immediate Predecessors. The Orders He Proposes Are The Best Because They Are The Rational Synthesis Of The Most Beautiful Models Of The Past..." (Frederique Lemerle, Quoted From Accompanying Printout With Additional Detail, Biography, And Bibliography). Est: 2,500.00/3,500.00 Estimate Is Provided By Seller And Is Not A Guarantee Of Value Pickup Category Timeslot {A}