Entrée principale:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.

Titre et auteur:

The architecture of A. Palladio : in four books : containing a short treatise on the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building, as also the different construction of private and publick houses, highways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights : to which are added several notes and observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before / revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni ... ; translated from the Italian original.

Publication:

London : Printed by John Watts for the author, 1715 [i.e. 1716?-1720]

Description:

5 volumes : illustrations, diagrams, plans, 1 portrait ; 46 cm (fol.)

Notes:
Translations into English and French of: Quattro libri dell'architettura. The Italian text is also included.
Vol. 1 has general t.p. and v. 2-5 have special title pages. The French and Italian texts have corresponding title pages in each vol.
The translations are by Nicholas Dubois.
The illustrations, newly drawn by Leoni, were engraved by Bernard Picart and others.
The title pages in v. 1 are dated 1715, the 1st being preceded by 2 plates dated 1716. The title pages in v. 2-5 are undated. Vol. 5 contains a privilege dated 1719/20.
Vol. 1: [14], 54, [6], 33, [5], xxx p., [33] leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], 37, [3], 23, [3], xxi, [1] p., LXI leaves of plates; v. 3: [6], 37, [3], 23, [3], xxii p., [21] leaves of plates; v. 4: [6], 33, [3], 20, [2], xx p., [55] leaves of plates; v. 5: [4], 17, [7], xii, [2], 12 p., [50] leaves of plates.
The Inigo Jones additions mentioned on t.p. were not included in the publication. Cf. pref. to v. 5.
Index at end of v. 5.
Vol. 1 has general t.p. and v. 2-5 have special title pages. The French and Italian texts have corresponding title pages in each v.
The title pages in v. 1 are dated 1715, the 1st being followed by a plate dated 1716. The title pages in v. 2-5 are undated. Vol. 5 contains a privilege dated 1719/20.
Library copy of v. 2: bookplate of Richardus Warburton.

Sujet:

Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture.

Classification/genre:

Treatises.
Early works.

Vedettes secondaires:

Leoni, Giacomo, approximately 1686-1746.
Dubois, Nicholas, approximately 1665-1735.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.
Leoni, Giacomo, ca. 1686-1746
Dubois, Nicholas, ca. 1665-1735
Bookplates. Warburton, Richard, estate agent
Provenance. Warburton, Richard, estate agent. Bookplate

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