1691 - Vol.I - Cours d’Architecture qui comprend les Ordres de Vignole[...] Vol.II - Explication des terms d’architecture...First Editions

AUGUSTIN CHARLES D'AVILER
( 1653-1701)

• VOLUME I:

Cours d'Architecture qui comprend les Ordres de Vignole, avec de Commentaires, les Figures & Descriptions de les plus beaux Bâtimens, & de ceux de MICHEL-ANGE, Plusieurs nouveaux desseins, Ornemens & Préceptes concernant la Distribution, la Decoration, la Matiere & la Construction des Edifices, la Maconnerie, la Charpenterie, la Couverture, la Serrurerie, la Menuiserie, le Jardinage, & tout ce qui regarde l'Art de Bâtir; with an extensive explanation in the alphabetical order of all the Terms

par le Sieur A. C. D'Aviller Architecte.

In Paris, chez Nicolas Langlois, ruë saint Jacques, à la Victoire, 1691.

116 plates - 355 p.


(Course of architecture which includes the Orders of Vignole, with the Commentaries, Figures and Descriptions of his most beautiful Buildings and those of Michelangelo, the Instructions and Precepts and newer Drawings regarding the Distribution and Decoration, the Material and Construction of Buildings, Masonry, Carpentry, Roofing, Locksmithing, Corbeling, Gardening and in general everything relating to the Art of Building...)

First published in 1691, “it was the standard work for architects… This book included a life of Vignola, a description of his and Michelangelo's buildings, and a dictionary of architectural terms. Daviler also gave practical advice on the design and construction of buildings. His book contained plans and elevations of a typical house and drawings of all the architectural details such as doors, entrances, and windows, even including the design of the gardens.” –Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects, vol. I, p. 504.

• VOLUME II:

Explication des Termes d'Architecture, qui comprend l'Architecture, les Mathématiques, la Géométrie, la Mécanique, l'Hydraulique, etc... Ensemble les Etymologies & les Noms latins des Termes, avec des Examples & des Préceptes: le tout par report à l'Art de Bâtir.
Suite du Cours d'Architecture par A. C. Daviler Architecte.

In Paris,
Chez Nicolas Langlois, ruë saint Jacques, à la Victoire, 1691.

Total pages 525: from p. 355 to p. 880 (missing pages n. 361/362, probably there was a plate there).

Extremely rare first editions.

From the library of the most illustrious Jean d'Estrees, Archbishop-designate of Cambrai, which he bequeathed to the monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1718.
Original stamp of the Abbey of Saint Germain des Pres present.

It should be noted that these works escaped the fire in the library of the Abbey of Saint Germain des Prés, which occurred in 1794.