Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580

Title:

I quattro libri dell'architettura di Andrea Palladio : ne'quali, dopo un breve trattato de'cinque ordini, & di quelli avertimenti, che sono piu necessarij nel fabricare : si tratta delle case private, delle vie, de i ponti, delle piazze, de i xisti, et de'tempij : con privilegi / di Andrea Palladio.

Published / Created:

In Venetia : Appresso Dominico de'Franceschi, 1570.

Physical Description:

4 pts. in 1 v. (67, [1], 66 [i.e. 78], [2], 46, [2], 128, [6] p.) : ill., plans ; 30 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA2515 P25+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

BEIN 1999 +66: Imperfect: First [16] leaves mutilated. B1, 2A1-4, 4L2-3, 4O1, 4R4 wanting. Stamp of Charles Samuel Peabody.

Signatures: A² B-I⁴ 2A-2I⁴ 2k⁴ 3A-3F⁴ 4A-4R⁴ (2k4 and 4R4 blanks)

Books 2-4 have separate title-pages.

First edition of the four books. The work was orginally issued in two separate volumes published by Franceschi, also in 1570: I due libri dell'architettura (bks.1-2) and I due primi libri dell'antichita (bks.3-4).

Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University, 212

Harvard (Ital.) II, no.352

Subject Terms:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580. | Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Rome -- Antiquities. | Maxwell, John Maxwell Stirling, Sir, 1806–1956 -- Bookplate. | Beaumont, Richard Blackett, b.1926– -- Bookplate. | Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818–1878 -- Bookplate

Form/Genre:

Woodcuts.