The architecture of A. Palladio; . in four books. Containing, a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building, [...] Revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, [...] Translated from the Italian original.
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)
Category
Books
Date
1715
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048412.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 vol containing v.1 and v.2.,plates. ill.. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: F.2 (entered as: 'Palladio's architecture, publish'd by Leoni 2 vol.'). Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), , pasted over an earlier plate of the 5th earl, surmounted with the baronet's coronet [i.e.: after marriage in 1763 but prior to assumption of earldom of Stamford in 1768].. Binding: Panelled, sprinkled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; spine gilt; spine label missing.
Makers and roles
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) Nicholas Dubois (1665-1735) Giacomo Leoni (c.1686 - 1746)