PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). 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 Building. Edited by Giacomo Leoni. London: John Watts for the Author, 1715.
PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). 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 Building. Edited by Giacomo Leoni. London: John Watts for the Author, 1715. 4 parts in 5 volumes, 2 o (445 x 281 mm). Engraved frontipiece, engraved portrait, list of subscribers, 205 engraved plates (some double-page mounted on guards). (Light browning and spotting, a few corners renewed, a few short marginal tears not affecting text or plates). 18th-century blind-tooled calf; modern leather folding case (rebacked, lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of one of the most influental books on architecture. "Palladio's lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through his actual buildings than through his textbook. This is divided into four sections: orders and elementary problems, domestic building, public building and town planning and temples. Palladio's style was directly inspired by Roman classical models through the writings of Vitruvius and Alberti" ( PMM ). Palladio's influence in the United States can be seen in Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Jefferson's designs for the University of Virginia, numerous governmental buildings and mansions. Book 4 is divided into 2 parts, and all 5 parts contain translations and title pages in Italian and French. Fowler 223; Harris 683.
PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). 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 Building. Edited by Giacomo Leoni. London: John Watts for the Author, 1715.
PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). 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 Building. Edited by Giacomo Leoni. London: John Watts for the Author, 1715. 4 parts in 5 volumes, 2 o (445 x 281 mm). Engraved frontipiece, engraved portrait, list of subscribers, 205 engraved plates (some double-page mounted on guards). (Light browning and spotting, a few corners renewed, a few short marginal tears not affecting text or plates). 18th-century blind-tooled calf; modern leather folding case (rebacked, lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of one of the most influental books on architecture. "Palladio's lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through his actual buildings than through his textbook. This is divided into four sections: orders and elementary problems, domestic building, public building and town planning and temples. Palladio's style was directly inspired by Roman classical models through the writings of Vitruvius and Alberti" ( PMM ). Palladio's influence in the United States can be seen in Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Jefferson's designs for the University of Virginia, numerous governmental buildings and mansions. Book 4 is divided into 2 parts, and all 5 parts contain translations and title pages in Italian and French. Fowler 223; Harris 683.
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