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PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). I quattro libri dell' architettura. Venice: Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570.
2° (292 x 202mm). Title and three section titles, each within woodcut architectural border, printer's device on colophon. Numerous woodcut illustrations by Giovanni and Cristoforo Chrieger, Cristoforo Coriolano and others, some full or double-page. (Lacking blanks kk4 and 4R4, initial excised from D1 with consequent loss to illustration on verso, FF4, 4K4 and 4P2 torn, the last two repaired, 3F2 and 3 and 4R2 shaved at lower margin with loss.) Later vellum. Provenance: Dominican Convent of Cremona (inscription on first title).
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of all four books. Adams P-101; Cicognara 594; Fowler 211; Mortimer Harvard Italian 352; PMM 92.
2° (292 x 202mm). Title and three section titles, each within woodcut architectural border, printer's device on colophon. Numerous woodcut illustrations by Giovanni and Cristoforo Chrieger, Cristoforo Coriolano and others, some full or double-page. (Lacking blanks kk4 and 4R4, initial excised from D1 with consequent loss to illustration on verso, FF4, 4K4 and 4P2 torn, the last two repaired, 3F2 and 3 and 4R2 shaved at lower margin with loss.) Later vellum. Provenance: Dominican Convent of Cremona (inscription on first title).
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of all four books. Adams P-101; Cicognara 594; Fowler 211; Mortimer Harvard Italian 352; PMM 92.