The architecture of A. Palladio : in four books, containing a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of buildings ... Revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni ... Translated from the Italian original.

Accession number

PML 55779-80

Creator

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.

Published

London : Printed by John Darby for the author, 1721.

Credit line

Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.

Notes

Fronts. v. 1-2 portraits of Palladio engr. by Bernard Picart after Sebastian Ricci (1660-1734) and Paul Caliari, i.e. Paolo Veronese (1528-1588).
Plates engr. by Michiel Van der Gucht (1660-1725), Bernard Picart (1673-1733), John Harris (fl. 1680-1740) and T. Cole (fl. 1721).
Translated by Nicholas Du Bois.
A new typesetting of the 1715 English edition, using the same plates.
Vol 2. undated.
Each part has separate t.p.

Description

2 v. : fronts., plates ; 46 cm.

Provenance

Mrs. Morgan's collection.

Binding

Old calf.

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The architecture of A. Palladio : in four books, containing a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of buildings ... Revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni ... Translated from the Italian original.