Thus our knowledge not only of Roman but also of Greek architectural theory (on the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders, on proportions, modules and ratios etc.) Typed page of bibliographic details tipped to rear pastedown endpaper. A fascinating read all in all. Horizontal protruding strips found on the spine of a book.

Typically above 14 inches tall. The image is then transferred by pressing thick dampened paper against the metal plate with great force—requiring engravings to be printed on a separate stock and separate press from any text.

Introduction . It is the most inspirational, thought provoking, and interesting book I have ever read. Lithograph printed in colors, typically three or more. Occasionally the text of a book will be put into a specialized book press and painted, often with a scene from the book or a landscape, so that the painting is invisible when the book is closed but visible when somebody bends the text and fans the pages—known as a fore-edge painting.

Vitruvius was “simply a very well informed, experienced Roman architect-engineer of the first century B.C.

List of mistakes and corrections noted after printing, often compiled on a separate sheet or slip and inserted into the text block. Find books

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago. Readily marbled (“tree calf”), mottled, diced, colored, polished, tooled in gilt or blind, even scented (known as “russia”). To reattach a text block to its binding when it has become loose from its covers. While much older, wood engravings enjoyed an important renaissance in the late eighteenth century through Thomas Bewick and continued in popularity thorugh the nineteenth century. Tall, slim quarto, early vellum spine and paper-covered boards. VITRUVIUS. The woodblock, or multiple blocks, can be fit into the page along with the type, allowing text and illustrations to be printed in the same print run and share the same page (not possible with engravings, which require thicker, damp paper and much more force; nor with lithographs, which require a different printing process altogether). Pastedowns made not of paper but of leather, for decorative purposes. When the edges of the text block (most apparent at the fore and lower edges) have not been trimmed to a uniform size, and are therefore characterized by a ragged or deckle edge. Satement of place, publisher and date of publication on a book’s title page. At times, issue refers to timing, such as the “first issue” being offered to the public at an earlier date than the “second issue.” At other times, it refers to specially planned different batches, such as the “trade issue” (widely available) in opposition to a “signed limited issue” (limited to a small amount of copies differing somehow from the trade issue and not widely available).

Recently accomplished, when used to describe a book’s binding that is not the original casing.

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Woodcuts preceded moveable type and are the earliest known printing technology. Many of the things he describes we are still doing to this day.

The process allowed illustrations to more closely resemble the original drawings, paintings or sketches, as it gave the lithographer a freedom of line impossible to achieve in earlier intaglio and relief processes. Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid. More typical of slim and/or inexpensive volumes such as pamphlets. Vitruvius also included a section on human proportions. He deals with the education of the architect, with the fundamental principles of architecture (order, arrangement, eurythmy, symmetry, propriety and economy are his terms), with siting, material, constructions, building types (such as dwellings, temples, prisons and theaters), with weather conditions and even with astrology. Not uncommon in older, larger books, it is not considered a defect, so long as all integral leaves are present. The part of the leaf pasted to the inside of the front board is the front “pastedown,” while the other part of the leaf that forms the first page of the book is the “front free endpaper”; the same applies to the rear pastedown and rear free endpaper. Also a shorthand bibliographical description of a book’s composition by its leaves and signatures, rather than its pages.

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A-C, for example, would indicate a quarto volume composed of three signatures or gatherings of eight pages each for a total of 24 pages.

“THE FIRST OF THE GREAT BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE”: 1524 EDITION OF VITRUVIUS’ BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED DE ARCHITECTURA. Great insights into Roman perceptions about how the world worked. Single sheet of paper that has been printed and folded to form the pages required by the book’s format. Illustration or textual decoration made by cutting away from the surface of a block of wood until the reverse of the image is left in relief; this is then inked and pressed to the paper to leave the image. Remaining half-titles are therefore of interest to collectors. Also, there is a good explanation of how architects have contributed to siege warfare, and instructions on the proper construction of siege devices such as catapults and tortoises. Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago. Reverse calf, with a distinctive suede-like texture, is occasionally used. Gatherings are identified by a letter, symbol or number in the lower margin of the first page (the “signature”) to make it easy for the printer to stack them in proper order for sewing. “Important as our prime source of many lost Greek writings on the subject and as a guide to archaeological research in Italy and Greece. We're sorry, this item has been sold, “THE FIRST OF THE GREAT BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE”: 1524 EDITION OF VITRUVIUS’ BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED DE ARCHITECTURA. When feasible the binder may preserve the original spine and affix it to the new material, described as “rebacked with the original spine laid down.”. Second edition in Italian of “the first of the great books on architecture and certainly the most influential of them all” (Avery 2), with 136 woodcut figures and diagrams and 101 woodcut initials. Leaf preceding the title page that bears the book’s title, originally used to identify the unbound text block.

Engraving made with the graver or burin on the cross-section of a piece of boxwood; the harder wood and finer tools allow for more delicate, finely detailed images, while the block can still be set in the page alongside text and printed on the same stock as the text. Download books for free. So-called Japan vellum (or Japon) is a type of thick paper that has been polished smooth and given a glossy finish to resemble vellum. To supply a worn binding with a new spine, usually made of the same material as the rest of the binding and decorated to match. From the cradle of printing, i.e., any book printed before 1501.

Expert paper repairs to title and final leaves. derives from this scholarly but sober Roman who in the introduction to his seventh ‘book’ lists all his Greek sources—the first bibliography in architectural literature” (Avery 2). MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO. Some books bound recently are bound using techniques, tools and styles of the period of the book’s original issue; when done well this is called a period-style binding, a term that implies “modern” as well. describes the ancient roman traditions of design & building. The historical significance of the book would make it worth looking over, for anyone interested in classical architecture.This book contains an immense number of digressions from architecture that are perhaps of greater interest than the actual architectural content. This is a wonderful look at the world and its building materials through the eyes of Roman. The illustrations are close copies, and follow page by page the arrangement of the 1511 [Venice] edition. Illustration produced by carving lines into a metal plate.
Vitruvius's 10 books (or chapters) on architecture lets you view life through the lens of the 1st century BC builder.