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  • Philibert de l’orme] a device on leaf i3v depict[s] the architect as a learned man, relying for support on serpent-twined compasses as he moves cautiously from a cave of contemplation to a palm tree symbolizing the honor of his professionin addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de l’ormea few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked outthe first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape setting99; clouzot, philibert de l’orme, pp] the good architect, with three eyes and four hands, is speaking to a young apprentice in a garden, with classical buildings in the backgroundbound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltparis: fĂ©dĂ©ric morelthe greatest book of architecture of the french renaissance and the most beautifully illustrated the first edition, first issue, with the two very rare unnumbered leaves at the volume's endin the second cut [in all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide marginsthis is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architectureillustrated with 205 large woodcuts, including 74 full-page and 7 double-page blocks; magnificent allegorical woodcut title border; large woodcut head-pieces and large floriated and grotesque woodcut initials; leaf i4 slightly taller than the rest of the text block, to accommodate a tall column woodcut, with about 2 cm section at top folded inthe second volume of the architecture proposed by de l’orme at the end of the dedication and again at the end of the text, was never publishedoccasional light browning and some soiling (mainly marginal), a few minor ink smudgesfrench 16th-century books, nowithout the blank ĂȘ6 (as usual), but including 2 unnumbered leaves at the end, which are rarely present, though second leaf trimmed close to text and laid down on the final blank (without loss)manzoni’s engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplatea diminutive ex-libris to front pastedown of count giacomo manzoni (), a prominent italian book collector and bibliographer” manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedit is characteristic of de l’orme’s approach to his subject that he should include among the illustrations three allegorical woodcuts concerned with the figure of the architect and the philosophy of a profession for which de l’orme himself was the first french spokesmanat the end of the volume this idea is developed further in a summary of the attributes of the architect based on two full-page woodcuts on leaves eee1r and eee3r‘le premier tome de l’architecturebinding rubbed with some wear to extremitiescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefrench 16th-century books, nothe volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library cata second volume was planned by the author but never completedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii, ; fowler architectpalmucci was an 18th-century italian aristocrat, jurist and antiquarian from macerata, who superintended the publication of an essay on medieval bronzes “delle tessere cavalleresche di bronzo tenute al collo” (florence, )adams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)the first and only published volumeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website355; brunet, suppleseveral minor marginal repairs not affecting text; leaf o3 with a tear slightly affecting the bottom of woodcut on verso, but without loss, repaired in blank portion of recto“de l’orme’s text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative details” (mortimer, harvard college libr355) describing the illustrations of this splendid volume, mortimer writes: “among the buildings shown in detail are the chĂąteau of anet, built by de l’orme for diane de poitiers, in his capacity as royal architect to henri ii, and de l’orme’s own house in parisberliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cfour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store” (gelli, ex libris italiani, pghis style is as much personal, as theoretical, and his comments on relations between patron and architect or on the practical problems involved in certain structures are based on his own experience

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