The architecture of A. Palladio; book the fourth. Part the first[-second]. Wherein is treated of the antient temples in Rome, and some others to be seen in Italy, and other parts of Europe. The whole revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian; architect to his most Serene Highness, the Elector Palatine. Translated from the Italian original.
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)
Category
Books
Date
1720
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3048413.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
Vol. 4 English text only. With the dedication from the Italian section inserted after the title page of pt.1. Vols. 1-3 bound in 1 v. Vol. 4 bound separately. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on verso of vol. 2 front free endpaper: "K8" (crossed out). Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on recto of vol. 2 rear free endpaper: "N8". Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; sewn on seven raised bands; gilt and blind-tooled panel design; gilt roll pattern along board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spines; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spines. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), author Nicholas Dubois (1665-1735), editor Giacomo Leoni (c.1686 - 1746), editor Michael Vandergucht (Antwerp 1660 – London 1725), engraver (printmaker) Bernard Picart (Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733), engraver (printmaker) John Harris (fl.1680-1740), engraver (printmaker) James Cole (fl.1715 - 1774), engraver (printmaker) Giacomo Leoni (c.1686 - 1746), publisher