Treatise on architecture by Jean Bullant

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Année de création :1568
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Reigle généralle d’architecture des cinq manières de colonnes
Paris, Jérôme Marnef & Guillaume Cavellat, 1568
Origin: Charles Spencer Sunderland collection

Jean Bullant (1515-1578) was Anne de Montmorency’s (1493-1567) architect in Ecouen and Chantilly.
It was from the Corinthian order of the Pantheon in Rome that he drew his inspiration for the order with which he decorated the façade overlooking the courtyard in the Château d’Ecouen, considered as one of the first examples of colossal order in French architecture.

The drawings in his treatise on architecture were presented, for the first time, in 1564, geometrically. This second corrected edition is the most sought-after. It is illustrated with wood engravings and complemented by 5 splendid copper engravings by Bullant, independent of the text. A note by the Duke of Aumale states “unique in this state”.