Urbain Vitry - Le Propriétaire Architecte: Modèles de constructions - 1827

Fascinating illustrated set in two volumes, which constitutes a practical manual intended for owners and enlightened amateurs who wish to understand and apply the fundamental principles of architecture without relying exclusively on professionals!

This work testifies to the 19th century’s will to democratize architectural knowledge by making it accessible to a cultivated but non-specialized audience -

Urbain Vitry, architect and pedagogue, lays out in a methodical manner the rules of construction, the proportions of buildings, the techniques of space distribution, and the essential notions of stability and solidity, while stressing the importance of the five classical orders and the adaptation of ancient models to modern needs -

Urbain Vitry - The Proprietor Architect: Models of Constructions - 1827 - Volume I and II - Audot -
[4],XVI,74, [4],254 p

Condition of bindings: good; volumes in their full original flexible printed covers, stains and wear from use with slight losses of material, headpieces and spine worn, corners and edges dulled, spine smooth with handwritten labels -

Good interior condition, signs of damp, work enriched with fine illustrations including off-text plans, especially the frontispiece -

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