Andrea Palladio's five orders of architecture. With his treatises of pedestals, galleries, entries, halls, rooms, floors, pavements, ceilings; various arches, gates, doors, windows, chimnies, staircases, and roofs. Together with his observations and preparations for building; and his errors and abuses in architecture. Faithfully translated, and all the plates exactly copied from the first Italian edition printed in Venice 1570. Revised by Colen Campbell... To which are added five curious plates of doors, windows, and chimney-pieces invented by Mr. Campbell.

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Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580 [Browse]
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Book
Language
  • English
  • Italian
Published/​Created
London, S. Harding, 1729.
Description
4 p.l., 66 p. illus., plates. 33 cm.

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    Added engraved title-page, by P. Fourdrinier and dated 1728, reads : Andrea Palladio's First book of architecture ...
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    3423527
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