The Architecture of A. Palladio; In Four Books. Containing a Short Treatise of the Five Orders, and Observations Concerning All Sorts of Building: As . of Private and Publick Houses Volume 2 of 2

Palladio, Architect Andrea

ISBN 10: 1170970710 / ISBN 13: 9781170970713

Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2010

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• Title: The Architecture of A. Palladio; In Four Books. Containing a Short Treatise of the Five Orders, and Observations Concerning All Sorts of Building: As . of Private and Publick Houses Volume 2 of 2
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1170970710
• ISBN 13: 9781170970713
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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<sourceLibrary>British Library

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<Notes>Titlepage in red and black. Includes: 'Appendix. The antiquities of Rome. By Andrea Palladio To which is added, a discourse of the fires of the ancients'. Translated from the Italian by N. Dubois.

<imprintFull>London : printed for A. Ward; S. Birt; D Browne; C. Davis; T. Osborne; and A. Millar, 1742. <collation>2v.,plates : ill.,port. ; 2°

About the Author

Richard Schofield is Professor of Architectural History at the Instituto universitario di architettura at Venice (IUAV). He is coauthor of books on Giovanni Antonio Amadeo and Pellegrino Pellegrini.