Andrea Palladio's architecture, in four books : containing a dissertation on the five orders & ye most necessary observations relating to all kinds of building. As also the different constructions of public and private houses, high-ways., bridges, market-places, xystes, & temples, wth. their plans, sections, & elevations. The whole containing 226 folio copper-plates / carefully revis'd and redelineated by Edwd. Hoppus Surveyor to ye corporation of the London Assurance and embellish'd wth. a large variety of chimney pieces collected from the works of Inigo Jones & others.
Alternate Title(s):
Architecture in four books
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Benjn. Cole engraver, the corner of Kings-Head-Court, near Fetter-Lane, Holbourn, & John Wilcox opposite the new Church in the Strand, MDCCXXVI [1736]
Physical Description:
[6], vi, [7]-250, [12] p., [206] leaves of plates ([12] folded) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The plates are all reprinted from the first edition of this text ... The two title-plates have been reworked, with the imprint altered to include the name of John Wilcox and other details. The remaining plates, including the dedication to Lord Burlington, are reprinted without change. In this edition, the plates are generally bound in with the text, and in some copies, the double-page plates are bound folded in."--British Architectural Library.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Composition, proportions, etc. -- Early works to 1800. | Temples -- Italy -- Early works to 1800. | Rome -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800. | Cole, Benj. -- Publisher. | Wilcox, John -- Publisher. | Bennett, Henry Leigh Rev. -- Bookplate
Form/Genre:
Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Engravings -- 1736. | Publisher's advertisements -- England -- London -- 1736.
Contributors:
Cole, B. (Benjamin), engraver. | Gibbs, James, 1682–1754, ill. | Hoppus, E. (Edward), d. 1739, ill. | Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652, ill. | Kent, William, 1685–1748, ill. | Neeld, I., ill. | Wilcox, John, bookseller, bookseller.