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The first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape settingillustrated 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 inâ (mortimer, harvard college librin the second cut [â (gelli, ex libris italiani, pgi, ; fowler architectthe volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library catit is characteristic of de lâormeâs 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 lâorme himself was the first french spokesmanmanzoniâs engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplateâle premier tome de lâarchitecturewithout 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)the second volume of the architecture proposed by de lâorme 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 smudgesâ manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiat 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 eee3rberliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cffrench 16th-century books, noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeparis: fĂ©dĂ©ric morel99; clouzot, philibert de lâorme, ppthis is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architecturea second volume was planned by the author but never completedthe 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 all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide marginsthe first and only published volumeadams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)] the good architect, with three eyes and four hands, is speaking to a young apprentice in a garden, with classical buildings in the backgroundpalmucci was an 18th-century italian aristocrat, jurist and antiquarian from macerata, who superintended the publication of an essay on medieval bronzes âdelle tessere cavalleresche di bronzo tenute al colloâ (florence, )his 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 experienceâde lâormeâs text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative details] 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 professionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteseveral 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 recto355; brunet, supplea diminutive ex-libris to front pastedown of count giacomo manzoni (), a prominent italian book collector and bibliographera few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked outphilibert de lâormebound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltfrench 16th-century books, nobinding rubbed with some wear to extremitiesin addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de lâormecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available355) describing the illustrations of this splendid volume, mortimer writes: âamong the buildings shown in detail are the chĂąteau of anet, built by de lâorme for diane de poitiers, in his capacity as royal architect to henri ii, and de lâormeâs own house in paris
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