A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders ...
This is a 1664 London architectural treatise, printed by Tho. Roycroft for John Place, compiling ten authors on the five classical orders, with its plates credited to Roland Fréart de Chambray and John Evelyn. The four plates shown are detailed engravings of Corinthian and Ionic capitals, a cornice with carved panels, and a frieze with a row of ornamental blocks, drawn in plain line with light shading, so a designer could borrow their crisp classical ornament, scroll and acanthus forms, and modular proportions for period-styled lettering, borders, or column motifs.
