Dissertation historique et critique sur les ordres d'architecture
A 1769 Paris treatise on architecture by engineer Amédée François Frézier, published by Charles-Antoine Jombert, a bookseller to the king for engineers and artillery, and aimed at architects and military builders. Its pictures are crisp engraved plates of the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders drawn side by side with a measuring scale, plus a view of a military academy building and a decorative tailpiece of trophies and laurels, offering a designer clear models of classical column proportions and ornament.
