Ordonnance Des Cinq Espèces De Colonnes Selon La Méthode Des Anciens
Ordonnance des cinq espèces de colonnes selon la méthode des anciens is a 1683 architectural treatise by Claude Perrault, published in France for architects and students of classical design, with its plates held by Heidelberg University Library. Its engraved plates show the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite orders, with column shafts, capitals, bases, entablature mouldings and enlarged details drawn in fine crosshatched line. A designer could take from them the precise proportions, profiles and ornament of classical columns, drawn in a restrained, measured sepia linework suited to historical or classical graphics.
