Parallèle de l'architectvre antiqve et de la moderne : avec vn recveil des dix principavx avtevrs qui ont écrit des cinq ordres : sçavoir Palladio et Scamozzi, Serlio et Vignola, D. Barbaro et Cataneo, L.B. Alberti et Viola, Bvllant et De Lorme ..
An architectural treatise by Roland Fréart de Chambray, engraved by Charles Errard and printed in Paris by Edme Martin in 1650, comparing the five classical orders as set out by ten authors including Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, for architects and patrons. The engravings are measured elevations in fine line: Corinthian and Ionic capitals with dentil cornices, paired columns divided by scaled central rules, and modular gradations lettered and numbered along each shaft.
