1672 ARCHITECTURE Georg Caspar ERASMUS antique ILLUSTRATED Seulen-Buch GERMAN

ERASMUS, Georg Caspar

Seulen-Buch, Oder Grundlicher Bericht Von den Funf Ordnungen der Architectur-Kunst. 


Nuremberg: Johann Hoffmann, 1672


Folio: 7 3/4 by 11 3/4" (290x180mm)


Title page in red and black within a woodcut frame, woodcut initials and friezes, numerous copper engraved plates, some folded (many restorations, sometimes with losses, some stains and foxing). 

3/4 leather binding.

Unfortunately incomplete

Text in German
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Scarce ornamental pattern book for architects, sculptors, cabinetmakers, silversmiths etc. by a Nuremberg cabinetmaker
Rarely found complete.

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