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PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). I quattro libri dell' architettura. Venice: Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570.
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" (PMM).
4 parts in one volume, folio (299 x 210 mm). 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. (12 leaves with short marginal repaired tears, DD4 torn, with old repair, HH1-4 with marginal repairs touching images, minor chipping to lower corner of last 15 leaves, some pale staining.) Late 19th-century vellum. Fowler 212.
I quattro libri dell’ architettura „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 in the United States can be seen in Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, his designs for the University of Virginia, and numerous governmental buildings and mansions. Adams P-101; Berlin Kat. 2592; Brunet IV: 320; Cicognara 594; Mortimer Italian 352; Millard Italian 65; PMM 92.
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" (PMM).
4 parts in one volume, folio (299 x 210 mm). 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. (12 leaves with short marginal repaired tears, DD4 torn, with old repair, HH1-4 with marginal repairs touching images, minor chipping to lower corner of last 15 leaves, some pale staining.) Late 19th-century vellum. Fowler 212.
I quattro libri dell’ architettura „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 in the United States can be seen in Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, his designs for the University of Virginia, and numerous governmental buildings and mansions. Adams P-101; Berlin Kat. 2592; Brunet IV: 320; Cicognara 594; Mortimer Italian 352; Millard Italian 65; PMM 92.