The first book of Andrea Palladio's Architecture : treating of the five orders : and what is most necessary in building : correctly drawn from his original work, publish'd by himself at Venice, Anno 1570 : and accurately engraved by I. Ware.
Alternate Title(s):
First book of architecture.
Published / Created:
[London : s.n.], 1742.
Physical Description:
viii, 63, [1] p., 34 [i.e. 29] plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts NA2515 P25 1742Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Seven illustrations on the first 2 plates are counted as plates 1-7.Illustrations by Isaac Ware; after William Kent.Harris, E. British architectural books and writers. Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1994, c1990. 690English short title catalogue, N47296Published as a complete and correct edition of Palladio's works in response to the publication by Benjamin Cole of Palladio's 'Architecture' in weekly parts from 1732-1734. Cf. Harris.Diminutive copy from Ware's folio edition of Palladio's Four Books, which had been published in 1738. Plates are small replicas from the drawings of the large plates but in reverse.BAC: Publisher's advertisement for the Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture in folio: [1] p. at end.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1742.
Contributors:
Ware, Isaac, -1766, engraver. | Kent, William, 1685–1748, ill.