Cours D'Architecture Enseigné Dans L'Academie Royale D'Architecture: Ou Sont Expliqvez Les Termes, L'origine & les Principes d'Architecture, & les pratiques des cinq Ordres ..
Cours d'Architecture, published in Paris in 1698 by François Blondel, is a treatise on architecture taught at the Académie Royale d'Architecture, setting out terms, principles and the five classical orders for students and practitioners. The plates are measured engraved drawings of column orders, with each shaft, capital, base and entablature dimensioned in numbered sections. A designer could draw on their clean geometric layouts, ruled proportions and the plan and elevation views shown side by side.
