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A new and accurate method of delineating all the parts of the different orders in architecture, by means of a well contriv'd, and most easily manag'd instrument; whereon the just proportions of the principal members, and of their several parts, are so disposed, as wholly to avoid the difficulty of the fractional parts that usually attend these operations. English'd from the original Italian of Ottavio Revesi Bruti, by Thomas Malie ...

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-151131

Description

4 p. ¾., 52 p. diagrs. (part fold.) 37 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Architecture Orders.
Architecture Details.
Architecture Early works to 1800.

Originator

Revesi Bruti, Ottavio.
Malie, Thomas, tr.

Publication

London, Printed for F. Gyles and Thomas Heath

Description

4 p. ¾., 52 p. diagrs. (part fold.) 37 cm.

Notes

Illustration on t.-p.
Running title: Instrumental architecture.

Call Number

Rare NA2812.R42

Variant Title

Instrumental architecture.

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