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, Esq; ; author of Vitruvius Britannicus ; to which are added five curious plates of doors, windows, and chimney-pieces invented by Mr. Campbell.
Alternate Title(s):
Five orders of architecture
Published / Created:
London : Printed for S. Harding, at the Bible and Anchor on the pavement in St. Martin's Lane, MDCCXXIX. [1729]
Physical Description:
[8], 66 p., XXXI, [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Added engraved title-page, by P. Fourdrinier dated 1728, reads : Andrea Palladio's First book of architecture, with all the plates, exactly copyed [sic] from the first Italian edition, printed in Venice, Anno 1570; revised by Colen Campbell, esq., author of Vitruvius Britannicus.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. | Harding, S. -- Publisher. | Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1729. | Engravings -- 1729.
Contributors:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580, ill. | Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729, ill. | Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698–1758, engraver.