PALLADIO, Andrea. The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture, London: Isaac Ware, 1738, 2°, 4 parts in one volume, each with engraved title (the first lightly soiled), 212 numbered plates, 7 in the letterpress, engraved head-and-tail pieces after William Kent, contemporary calf (heavily restored). [Fowler 229]

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PALLADIO, Andrea. The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture, London: Isaac Ware, 1738, 2°, 4 parts in one volume, each with engraved title (the first lightly soiled), 212 numbered plates, 7 in the letterpress, engraved head-and-tail pieces after William Kent, contemporary calf (heavily restored). [Fowler 229]

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The only issue of Isaac Ware's translation made from the original Italian edition of 1570. The title-page borders and plates are reverse reproductions on copper of the original woodcuts of 1570. The unsigned plates are by Ware.

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