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The four books of Andrea Palladio's architecture : wherein, after a short treatise of the five orders, those observations that are most necessary in building private houses, streets, bridges, piazzas, xisti and temples are treated of.

Title
The four books of Andrea Palladio's architecture : wherein, after a short treatise of the five orders, those observations that are most necessary in building private houses, streets, bridges, piazzas, xisti and temples are treated of.
Author
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.
Publication
London : Published by Isaac Ware, 1738.

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Additional Authors
Ware, Isaac, -1766.
Description
[12], 110 p., 209 leaves of plates in various foliations : ill.; 41 cm. (fol.)
Uniform Title
Quattro libri dell'architettura. English
Alternative Title
Quattro libri dell'architettura.
Subject
  • Architecture > Early works to 1800
  • Rome (Italy) > Antiquities, Roman
Note
  • Engraved t.p.; books 2-4 have special engraved title pages: The second [-fourth] book of architecture...
  • Translated by Isaac Ware (translation rev. by Richard Earl of Burlington).
  • Illustrations: border on title pages, 11 figures in the text (7 designated Plates I-VII in Book 1) and 205 full-page etchings by Isaac Ware, reverse copies of the original woodcuts of 1570. Head- and tailpiece, the latter by Ware, after W. Kent.
  • Includes index.
Indexed In (note)
  • References: Fowler: Catalogue
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1738 81-38
OCLC
NYPG25818252-B
Author
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.
Title
The four books of Andrea Palladio's architecture : wherein, after a short treatise of the five orders, those observations that are most necessary in building private houses, streets, bridges, piazzas, xisti and temples are treated of.
Imprint
London : Published by Isaac Ware, 1738.
Indexed In:
References: Fowler: Catalogue, 229.
Local Note
In this copy, all etchings except special title pages and tailpiece are printed in bistre.
Several plates with pencil drawings on verso; occasional ms. captions, marginalia, etc. Plate XVI, book 3, slightly mutilated.
Binding, modern, of half brown morocco and marbled paper boards.
Added Author
Ware, Isaac, -1766.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1738 81-38
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