Shelfmark
Ae.1.08
Author
Uniform title
[Quattro libri dell'architettura. English]
Title
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; as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans ... Revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni ... Translated from the Italian original. In two volumes.
Edition
The second edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by John Darby for the author, and all the plates by John Vantack, 1721.
Physical description
2v. in 1, plates (some double) ; Fo.
Note
Translation (Italian-English) by N. Dubois of "Quattro libri dell'architettura".
Note
Each book has own title-page and numbering sequences.
Note
Vol. II has no individual title-page, but starts at Book III (see foot of first leaf of each gathering).
Note
Vol. II has own signatures.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. note recording purchase from money bequeathed to Eton by Henry Godolphin; Godolphin stamp.
Binding
18th century calf.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Ch.1.3, Ch.2.15, Ak.1.14.
Subject
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Subject
Architecture Orders Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rome Antiquities Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Leoni, Giacomo, ca. 1686 - 1746 editor.
Added entry--name
Dubois, Nicholas, ca. 1665 - 1735 translator.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B10990