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Riou, Stephen.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- The Grecian Orders of Architecture. Delineated and explained from the Antiquities of Athens. Also, the Parallels of the Orders of Palladio, Scamozzi and Vignola. London: J. Dixwell for the author, 1768
first edition, subscriber's copy, folio (490 x 300mm.), title with engraved vignette, 4pp. subscribers (including errata), engraved head- and tailpieces, 6 illustrations in text, 28 plates (numbered pt.1, I-XVIII and pt.2, I-X), some folding, contemporary half calf, edges untrimmed, upper joint split, spine slightly worn, rather rubbed
Provenance
George Eyre, the gift of Sir Edward Hulse, Bt. (whose name appears in the subscribers' list), June 1773, (inscription on preliminary blank). Sir Edward Hulse, of Breamore House, Hampshire, was the eldest child of the famous London physician (1682-1759) of the same name (see ODNB).
Literature
Blackmer 425; RIBA 2795; Harris 746
Catalogue Note
Riou was at Athens at the time when Stuart and Revett were making their drawings of Grecian antiquities. In this treatise, which is dedicated to Stuart, he attempts "to establish documents for three orders and to make a modulary division of all their component parts for practical uses." He also includes observations on town-planning and designs for public and private buildings.