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The first book of architecture, by Andrea Palladio translated out of Italian: with an appendix touching doors and windows, by Pr. Le Muet architect to the French King. Translated out of French by Godfrey Richards: the whole illustrated with above seventy copper cutts. Also rules and demonstrations, with several designs for the framing of any manner of roofs, either above pitch or under pitch, whether square or bevel, never published before by that ingenious architect Mr. William Pope of London. With designs of floors, of variety of small pieces of wood inlayed, lately made in the pallace of the Queen Dowager, at Sommerset-House; a curiosity never practiced in England before.
Van Pelt - Microtext STC II Reel 2051:32.
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.
- Le Muet, Pierre, 1591-1669. Divers traictez d'architecture pour l'art de bien bastir, author.
- Series:
- Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2051:32.
- Standardized Title:
- Quattro libri dell'architettura. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Early works to 1800.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 6 unnumbered pages, 171, 173-237 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 9 unnumbered folding plates : illustrations
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Edition:
- The sixth edition corrected and enlarged with the new model of the Cathedral of St. Pauls in London.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for Tho. Braddyll, and Eben. Tracy on London-Bridge, M D CC. [1700]
- Notes:
- Translated from: Palladio, Andrea. Quattro libri dell'architettura; and from: Le Muet, Pierre. Divers traictez d'architecture pour l'art de bien bastir.
- With an engraved title page.
- With numerous engraved illustrations.
- Missing plate 173, text appears to be continuous despite pagination.
- Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1991. 1 microfilm reel 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2051:32). s1991 miun a
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.) P209
- OCLC:
- 55719735
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