Palladio (Andrea). 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; as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections and uprights. Revis'd, Design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian; Architect to His Most Serene Highness, the Late Elector Palatine, translated from the original in two volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed by John Darby for the author, and all plates by John Vantack, 1721, 4 parts in one volume, engraved portrait of Palladio, engraved frontispiece, 218 engraved plates on 203 sheets by B. Picart, M. Vander Gucht, J. Harris and T. Cole (engravings numbered to 230 including 12 text illustrations and folding plates with several numbers), occasional light spotting or toning to a few plates, bookplate of Strickland Freeman, Fawley Court, Bucks, 1810 (author of 'The Art of Horsemanship altered and abbreviated, according to the principles of the late Sir Sidney Medows, 1806'), hinges reinforced, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with most of original spine relaid, a little rubbed with some small patches of worming, folio (46 x 28 cm) (Quantity: 1) Berlin Kat. 2598; ESTC T22366; Fowler 224. The second edition in English, first published in 1715, using the same plates. Both editions important in introducing Palladianism or the neo-classical architectural style in Britain.
Palladio (Andrea). 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; as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections and uprights. Revis'd, Design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian; Architect to His Most Serene Highness, the Late Elector Palatine, translated from the original in two volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed by John Darby for the author, and all plates by John Vantack, 1721, 4 parts in one volume, engraved portrait of Palladio, engraved frontispiece, 218 engraved plates on 203 sheets by B. Picart, M. Vander Gucht, J. Harris and T. Cole (engravings numbered to 230 including 12 text illustrations and folding plates with several numbers), occasional light spotting or toning to a few plates, bookplate of Strickland Freeman, Fawley Court, Bucks, 1810 (author of 'The Art of Horsemanship altered and abbreviated, according to the principles of the late Sir Sidney Medows, 1806'), hinges reinforced, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with most of original spine relaid, a little rubbed with some small patches of worming, folio (46 x 28 cm) (Quantity: 1) Berlin Kat. 2598; ESTC T22366; Fowler 224. The second edition in English, first published in 1715, using the same plates. Both editions important in introducing Palladianism or the neo-classical architectural style in Britain.
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