Author: WILLIS, ROBERT [TR. AND ED.]
Title: Facsimile of the Sketch-Book of Wilars de Honecort [Villard Honnecourt], an Architect of the Thirteenth Century; with Commentaries and Descriptions by M.J. B.A. Lassus and by M.J. Quicherat: Translated and Edited with Many Additional Articles & Notes
Description: London: John Henry and James Parker, 1859. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 320mm x 230mm (13" x 9"). xii, 243pp. 65 facsimile plates and 43 woodcuts. Wilars de Honecort [c1175-1240] was a French master mason. Includes descriptions and commentary on the thirteenth century architectural drawings. The drawings include sacred or emblematic figures, secular figures, animals, architecture and construction, drawings, practical geometry, masonry, carpentry machines and receipts. This volume was the only source in English of the Villard manuscript for a century.. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and bumped with corner wear. Spine rubbed with two small nicks on front and rear joint. Scattered foxing throughout. Bookplate on paste-down .

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