Main entry:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.

Title & Author:

The four books of architecture / by Andrea Palladio ; literally translated from the original Italian, by Isaac Ware ; particular care has been taken to preserve the proportions and measures from the original, all the plates being engraved by the author's own hand.

Publication:

London : Printed for R. Ware, [after 1738]

Description:

6 leaves, 110, [2] pages : illustrations, plans ; 41 cm

Notes:
Books II-IV have special engraved title pages.
Added engr. title page: The four books of architecture by Andrea Palladio containing the 5 orders, and ye most necessary observations in building, private houses, streets, bridges, piazzas, xisti & temples. London, Published by Isaac Ware.
A double plate (15 x 50 cm.) inserted after p. 78, reads: Mrs. Mylne's design of a new bridge to be built from Black Fryers to the opposite shore, approved of by the Committee of Common Council.
First issued in 1738 with title: The four books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture ... This issue, undated, has corrected the errors listed in the original errata list.
Described in the printed catalog to the microfilm set, "The Fowler Architectural Collection of the Johns Hopkins University," 1961, supp. 25
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1979. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Fowler collection of early architectural books ; reel 82, supp. 25).
English.

Subject:

Architecture Early works to 1800.
Antiquities.
Architecture.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Ware, Isaac, 1704?-1766.
Fowler collection of early architectural books ; reel 82, suppl. 25.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 27244
Call No.: ID88B11700s82 MFM; ID:88-B13185
Status: Available