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77 - FRÉART DE CHAMBRAY (Roland). A Comparison of Ancient and Mod…
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FRÉART DE CHAMBRAY (Roland). A Comparison of Ancient and Modern Architecture. With a collection of the ten principal authors who have written on the Five Orders; namely, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L. B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another. Paris: Edme Martin, 1650. Folio, first edition illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a title vignette, 39 (out of 40) full-page engraved plates, and initials, headpieces and tailpieces. Contemporary full leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands. ‘Cartusiae Villenovae’ stamp on the title page (Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, at Villeneuve-lès-Avignon). (One plate missing; binding faded; significant wear and loss of leather; some foxing; traces of water damage, including a watermark in the lower right-hand corner extending across the entire volume; small areas of paper loss on certain pages; a few stains)
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About the sale THE RETURN OF THE CLASSICAL ARTS
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 11:00 AM
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