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Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)

I QUATTRO LIBRI DELL’ARCHITETTURA

1616

4800.00 €

Hermes Rare Books Studio Bibliografico

(Geneve, Switzerland)

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Year of publication
1616
Place of printing
Venezia, Bartolomeo Carampello
Author
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)
Pages
330
Size
folio (32x21 cm)
State of preservation
Very Good
Condition
Used

Description

4 parts in volume in folio (320 x 210mm). Pagination: 67 pp. - 1 f. - 78 pp. - 46 pp. -1 f. - 133 pp., - 1 p., Frontispiece within elaborate woodcut frame, woodcut initials and illustrations. Contemporary leather, title on gilt spine, double gilt frame on the boards, spine and corners restored.

Unsophisticated copy of the most studied architectural treatise in the Renaissance, in which systematic rules for construction and numerous examples of projects are indicated. The book was a great success and inspired the work of a large number of architects throughout the nineteenth century to be considered the most influential publication of architecture ever produced and determining much of the architectural image of Western civilization.

Reference:  Fowler 215