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Creator:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Title(s):
Andrea Palladio's Five orders of architecture : with his treatises of pedestals, galleries, entries, halls, rooms, floors, pavements, ceilings; various arches, gates, doors, windows, chimnies, staircases, and roofs ; together with his observations and preparations for building and his errors and abuses in architecture / faithfully translated, and all the plates exactly copied from the first Italian edition printed in Venice 1570 ; revised by Colen Campbell, Esq; ; author of Vitruvius Britannicus ; to which are added five curious plates of doors, windows, and chimney-pieces invented by Mr. Campbell.
Additional Title(s):

Five orders of architecture

Palladio's five orders of architecture

Quattro libri dell'architettura. English
Published/Created:
London : Printed for S. Harding, at the Bible and Anchor on the pavement in St. Martin's Lane, MDCCXXIX. [1729]
Physical Description:
[8], 66 p., XXXI, [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA2515 .P253 1729+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Added engraved title-page, by P. Fourdrinier dated 1728, reads : Andrea Palladio's First book of architecture, with all the plates, exactly copyed [sic] from the first Italian edition, printed in Venice, Anno 1570; revised by Colen Campbell, esq., author of Vitruvius Britannicus.
Originally published in 1728. Cf. Harris.
Illustrations by P. Fourdrinier; after Andrea Palladio and Colen Campbell.
Spine title: Palladio's five orders of architecture
Includes head- and tail-pieces and initials.
English short title catalogue, N30216
Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785. Cambridge, 1990 687
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 2411
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate.
Harding, S. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1729.
Engravings -- 1729.
Contributors:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580, ill.
Campbell, Colen, 1676-1729, ill.
Fourdrinier, P., fl. 1720-1760, engraver.
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