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Title(s)
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.
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Additional Title(s)
Quatro libri dell'architettura. English.
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Published/Created
London : Published by Isaac Ware, anno MDCCXXXVII [1738]
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Physical Description
[12], 110, [212] leaves of plates : illustrations 41 cm (folio)
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2016 100 Copy 3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2016 100 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2016 100 Copy 1
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Translation, by Isaac Ware, of: I quatro libri dell'architettura.
The title page is engraved. Books II-IV have separate engraved title pages.
At head of titlepage: "Regina virtus".
Signatures: pi² a² A-2F²
Continuous pagination and registration; plates are numbered separately within each book.
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
English short title catalogue, T40073
Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University, 229
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 2395
Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 689
Includes list of subscribers, pages [5]-[6].
Includes an index (page [7]-[8]), at the end of which is appended errata.
BEIR WE 3084: Pages 3-4 wanting. Poor condition.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary calf; rebacked. Imperfect: lacks dedication leaf. Title leaf is a cancel, the engraving within a window mount. Annotated on front pastedown: HOC libro elegantissimo Robertum Taylor M.D. donavit illustrissimus Comes de Burlington, artium politiorum et praecipue architectionicae, cujus primas ei deferunt omnes, non tantum munificentissimus sed etiam scientissimus patronus.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in contemporary boards; rebacked in later leather. Untrimmed. Armorial bookplate: Richard Blackett Beaumont.
BAC: British Art Center copy 3 bound in contemporary calf; rebacked. Engraved title page, plates and vignettes of Book I printed in sepia to imitate the bistre-wash of the original Palladio drawings. Armorial bookplate: Alexander Copland. Autographs: William Marshall, 1809; Henry Towndrow Payne, 1836. -
Subject Terms
Architecture -- Composition, proportions -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture, Domestic -- Italy -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800. | Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate. | Copland, Alexander -- Bookplate. | Marshall, William -- Autograph, 1809. | Rome -- Antiquities. | Taylor, Robert, 1710–1762 -- Presentation inscription. | Temples -- Italy -- Early works to 1800. | Towndrow Payne, Henry -- Autograph, 1836.
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Form/Genre
Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Engravings -- 1738. | Subscription lists (Publishing)
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