Nouveau Parallèle Des Ordres Des Grecs, des Romains, Et Des Auteurs Modernes; Dessiné Et Gravé Au Trait Par Charles Normand, Architecte, Ancien Pensionnaire A L'Académie De France A Rome.
A Paris,: De L'Imprimerie De Pillet Ainé, Imprimeur-Libraire, Éditeur Du Voyage Autour Du Monde, de la collection des Mœurs françaises, anglaises, italiennes, etc., Rue Christine, No 5., 1825.
The plates are unsigned, but, as the title page states, were drawn and engraved by Normand.
References
RIBA, Early printed, 3 (1999), no. 2315 [on the first edition, 1819].
Summary Note
The work was first published in 1819. In the text and plates Normand compares the orders as drawn by Alberti, De L'Orme, Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola and as described by Vitruvius, with surviving ancient Greek and Roman examples. Normand's views owe much to J.-N.-L. Durand; and his outline engravings show the influence of Percier and Fontaine.
The plates show measured details of the orders. Besides the present reissue the work was issued again in 1828 and was soon translated into English (1829) and German (1830).
Provenance
A preliminary leaf is inscribed in pencil, 'Ex Libris. Franz Seryer' (or 'Serger'?).
Binding Note
20th-century half red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine lettered 'Normand - Nouveau Parallele' and 'R.A.'
Subject
Architecture - Architectural orders - Europe - Greece - Rome - History
Manuals - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - France - 19th century