"d'Aviler (augustin-charles) - Dictionary Of Civil And Hydraulic Architecture. Jobert, 1755."
D'AVILER (Augustin-Charles) - Dictionary of civil and hydraulic architecture and the arts which depend on it such as masonry, carpentry, joinery, locksmithing, gardening & the construction of bridges & roads, locks, & all hydraulic structures. Paris, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755; in-4, XVI-366 pp. + approval and privilege, full contemporary marbled calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 raised bands, edges painted red, title label in red morocco. Augustin-Charles d'Aviler is a French architect born in 1653 and died in 1701. He follows the precepts of Vignole, but he adapts them in order to offer more flexibility and expression. Good edition of this treatise on architecture.