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PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). I quattro libri dell' architettura. Venice: Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570 [but Venice: Pasquali, 1771-1780?].
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PALLADIO, Andrea (1518-1580). I quattro libri dell' architettura. Venice: Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570 [but Venice: Pasquali, 1771-1780?].
2o (338 x 243 mm). Title and three section titles, each within engraved architectural border, printer's device on colophon. Numerous engraved illustrations some full or double-page. Contemporary red morocco, sides with border of two roll tools and a double fillet with central gilt coat-of-arms of King George IV. Provenance: King George IV, Carleton House Library (bookplate, but with bookseller description pasted over the bookplate, duplicate 1837 stamp on verso of title).
Counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570, with copperplate copies of the original woodcuts. This edition was published presumably by Pasquali through the bequest of Joseph Smith (1682-1770), British Consul at Venice. Fowler 232.
2o (338 x 243 mm). Title and three section titles, each within engraved architectural border, printer's device on colophon. Numerous engraved illustrations some full or double-page. Contemporary red morocco, sides with border of two roll tools and a double fillet with central gilt coat-of-arms of King George IV. Provenance: King George IV, Carleton House Library (bookplate, but with bookseller description pasted over the bookplate, duplicate 1837 stamp on verso of title).
Counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570, with copperplate copies of the original woodcuts. This edition was published presumably by Pasquali through the bequest of Joseph Smith (1682-1770), British Consul at Venice. Fowler 232.