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PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). I quattro libri dell' architettura. Venice: Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570.
4 parts in one volume, 2° (300 x 207mm). Title and three section-titles each within woodcut architectural border, printer's device above colophon, 221 woodcut illustrations some of which full- or double-page, by Giovanni and Cristoforo Chrieger, Cristoforo Coriolano and others, after Andrea Palladio. (Without blanks, bottom corner of first leaves repaired, title with other small repairs, some wormholes neatly repaired in margins occasionally touching text, a wormtrack repaired in 4L2-4Q2 with some loss, occasional light soiling and spotting, light waterstaining to margins of a few leaves.) Rebound using old vellum, modern box (repaired and soiled). Provenance: Hunstanton Hall (stamp on title).
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of one of the most influential books on architecture. ‘Palladio's lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through his actual buildings than through his textbook. This is divided into four sections: orders and elementary problems, domestic building, public building and town planning and temples. Palladio's style was directly inspired by Roman classical models through the writings of Vitruvius and Alberti’ (PMM). Palladio's influence was great worldwide: in the United States it can be seen in Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, in his designs for the University of Virginia, in numerous governmental buildings and mansions; within years of its publication Jacques Androuet du Cerceau was making manuscript copies of the text for use of teaching and included a copy of one of Palladio’s woodcuts in his own publication; Alessandro Farnese also produced a series of drawings based on the woodcuts around the same period and a Spanish translation was written by Juan de Ribero Roda in 1578. 'I quattro libri was used extensively by architects, builders and teachers, but also by visitors to Rome as a kind of architectural guidebook’ (RIBA). Adams P-101; Berlin Kat. 2592; Brunet IV: 320; Cicognara 594; Fowler 212; Mortimer Italian 352; Millard Italian 65; PMM 92; RIBA 2383 (with p. 41 misnumbered ‘42’ in book 3).
4 parts in one volume, 2° (300 x 207mm). Title and three section-titles each within woodcut architectural border, printer's device above colophon, 221 woodcut illustrations some of which full- or double-page, by Giovanni and Cristoforo Chrieger, Cristoforo Coriolano and others, after Andrea Palladio. (Without blanks, bottom corner of first leaves repaired, title with other small repairs, some wormholes neatly repaired in margins occasionally touching text, a wormtrack repaired in 4L2-4Q2 with some loss, occasional light soiling and spotting, light waterstaining to margins of a few leaves.) Rebound using old vellum, modern box (repaired and soiled). Provenance: Hunstanton Hall (stamp on title).
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of one of the most influential books on architecture. ‘Palladio's lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through his actual buildings than through his textbook. This is divided into four sections: orders and elementary problems, domestic building, public building and town planning and temples. Palladio's style was directly inspired by Roman classical models through the writings of Vitruvius and Alberti’ (PMM). Palladio's influence was great worldwide: in the United States it can be seen in Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, in his designs for the University of Virginia, in numerous governmental buildings and mansions; within years of its publication Jacques Androuet du Cerceau was making manuscript copies of the text for use of teaching and included a copy of one of Palladio’s woodcuts in his own publication; Alessandro Farnese also produced a series of drawings based on the woodcuts around the same period and a Spanish translation was written by Juan de Ribero Roda in 1578. 'I quattro libri was used extensively by architects, builders and teachers, but also by visitors to Rome as a kind of architectural guidebook’ (RIBA). Adams P-101; Berlin Kat. 2592; Brunet IV: 320; Cicognara 594; Fowler 212; Mortimer Italian 352; Millard Italian 65; PMM 92; RIBA 2383 (with p. 41 misnumbered ‘42’ in book 3).
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