Architecture.- Perrault (Claude) A Treatise of the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture, first edition in English, Benjamin Motte, sold by John Sturt, 1708.

Architecture.- Perrault (Claude) A Treatise of the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture, translated by John James, first edition in English, engraved pictorial frontispiece, vignette title, dedication to Earl of Pembroke, 2pp. list of subscribers, 7 plates (numbered I-VI, one unnumbered with 2 engravings) and illustrations in text, numerous charming engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials by John Sturt, 4pp. errata/advertisements at end, no pp.43/44 as correct, occasional soiling, light staining to inner margin of frontispiece and title, contemporary panelled calf, worn, rubbed, lacking most of spine, covers detached, [Fowler 248; Harris 700], folio, Benjamin Motte, sold by John Sturt, 1708.

⁂ Subscribers of this important and influential work include the architects Lord Burlington, Nicholas Hawksmoor, and John Vanbrugh, as well as several bricklayers, carpenters, masons etc.