Entwurff einer historischen Architectur

Engravings signed by J.A. Delsenbach and others Title page, half-titles before the parts, and dedications are engraved Binding, c.1: old sprinkled paper-covered boards; vellum spine and corners Binding, c.2: old vellum over boards; gilt red leather label on spine; Muzio's bookplate on front pastedown Letterpress text of Getty c. 1 limited to Preface and description of plates in French for Livres 1-2 only In library's copy 2 (43 cm.) plates are interspersed with text and all pages are folded 5 volumes in 1 ([50] pages, 5, xx, xv, xxi, 13 leaves of plates) : 42 x 58 cm Title page, dedication and divisional titles are engraved Dedication dated 1721 1 unbound page of handwritten notes loosely inserted at XII plate of first book Map on plate 5 of first book, depicting the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East areas, is a pictorial index Illustrations designed and drawn by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and engraved by Johann Adam Delsenbach, Benjamin Kenckel, Carolus de La Haye, Christian Engelbrecht, Johann Andreas Pfeffel and Johann Ulrich Kraus Plate XIII of book 2 and III of book 3 heavily browned Part 5 (not mentioned on title page) has title: Divers vases antiques, aegyptiens, grecs, romains, modernes: avec quelques uns de l'invention de l'auteur