PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580). The Architecture of A. Palladio. London: John Darby, 1721.
The second edition of the first English translation of Palladio, the work which helped introduce Neo-Classicism to the British Isles. Engravings by Bernard Picart, Michael Vandergucht, John Harris and others update the original woodcuts. Fowler 224.
Two volumes in one, folio (452 x 282mm). Engraved portrait of Palladio, engraved frontispiece, 104 engraved plates (repair to margin of frontispiece not affecting image; light spotting; some worming to first few pages; browning affecting some plates). Contemporary calf (rebacked, worn).
PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580). The Architecture of A. Palladio. London: John Darby, 1721.
The second edition of the first English translation of Palladio, the work which helped introduce Neo-Classicism to the British Isles. Engravings by Bernard Picart, Michael Vandergucht, John Harris and others update the original woodcuts. Fowler 224.
Two volumes in one, folio (452 x 282mm). Engraved portrait of Palladio, engraved frontispiece, 104 engraved plates (repair to margin of frontispiece not affecting image; light spotting; some worming to first few pages; browning affecting some plates). Contemporary calf (rebacked, worn).
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