NICHOLSON, Peter.

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A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Five Orders of Architecture; An attractively bound copy of Nicholson's seminal treatise. This heavily illustrated text is a guide to creating architectural plans and sketches using the five styles of classical architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan and composite. It was first published in 1837 as a shorter work titled The Student's Instructor in Drawing and Working the Five Orders of Architecture.The text takes its title from Vignola's foundational 1562 treatise Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura, but in content presents 19th-century innovations in classical design, alongside a description of the Gothic style, and an extensive glossary of terms. Peter Nicholson (1765-1844) was a Scottish mathematician and architect, who received no formal training beyond his village school. As well as building elegant bridges, large houses, and even overseeing the construction of Ardrossan town in Ayrshire, he opened a school and published 27 treatises on architectural subjects. He also invented the skew arch and several draughtsman's instruments.

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