#Andrea palladio four books of architecture free#
In Volume II plate 44 is a free adaption of a Palladio design, and plate 61 is a copy of the additional cut of Fréart's edition of 1650. The frontispiece of Volume I is an allegory, showing Britannia shedding lustre on a bust of Palladio. The portrait in Volume I captioned as of 'Andreas Palladius Vicentinus' is in fact a portrait not of Palladio but of an unknown man. Most plates are reverse-copies of figures in the original edition, but with measurements corrected by Leoni. The annotations by Inigo Jones announced on the title page are not present in this edition: they first appeared in the third edition, of 1742. The Ten Books On Architecture: Translated By Morris Hicky Morgan. This was the first complete English translation of Palladio's Quattro libri - and is characterised by Harris and Savage as rather a translation and revision of Fréart's French version of 1650 than a translation of the Italian original. This item: Four Books of Architecture: 1. Volume III appeared in 1718 Volume IV Part I in 1719, Volume IV Part II in 1720. No publication-date is given on the title-page of Volume II, but plates 4, 10, 15 are signed as engraved in 1715 and pl. The publication-date of 1715 is given on the title-page of Volume I, but the portrait of Palladio is signed as drawn and engraved in 1716.
In Volume II no plate is signed by a draughtsman, but most are signed by their engravers, M. Gucht apart from those on p.42, 52, which are unsigned by an engraver. Buy The Four Books on Architecture by Andrea Palladio, Richard Schofield from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE. None of the numbered in-text illustrations is signed by a draughtsman, but all are signed as engraved by M. The four books of architecture by Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580. : The Four Books on Architecture (9780262661331) by Palladio, Andrea and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. 39, 40, which are signed as 'Gravé sous la conduite de B. The four books of architecture Item Preview remove-circle. 9, 11-13, 15, 35, which are unsigned by an engraver, and pl. The numbered plates are not signed by a draughtsman, but all are signed as engraved by M.
The portrait of 'Andreas Palladius Vicentinus' is signed as painted by Paulus Caliary Veronensis (though it was in fact painted by Sebastiano Ricci - and is not in fact a portrait of Palladio) and drawn and engraved by B. In Volume I the frontispiece is signed as designed by Sebastianus Riccius and drawn and engraved by B. The 'Author' referred to in the imprint is the editor and publisher, Giacomo Leoni (who describes himself in the advertisements for this work as the 'Author and Undertaker' or 'Undertaker and Publisher'). The name of the translator, Nicholas Du Bois, is not given on the title page, but is printed at the end of 'The Translator's Preface'.
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