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PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). The Architecture of A. Palladio in Four Books, revised, designed and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, London: A. Ward, etc... 1742. 2 volumes, 2° (457 x 290mm). Engraved frontispiece, portrait and 207 plates (only?, of 212?), some double-page (some spotting and browning, repaired tear in pl.74 in vol.II slightly affects plate area). 19th-century cloth (rebacked and cornered with modern calf). Third edition. Harris, loc.cit., states that there should be 66 plates in Book II. This copy seems to be complete with 61 with Inigo Jones's Notes and Remarks only going as far as plate 60. Harris 685; RIBA 2396. (2)
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