The first book of architecture , Translated out of Italian, with an appendix touching Doors and Windows. by Pr. Le Muet Architect to the French King. Translated into English by Godfrey Richards. The whole illustrated with above seventy copper cuts. 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 before Published: by that Ingenious Architect Mr. William Pope of London. With designs of floors of Variety of Small Pieces of Wood Inlaid, lately made in the Palace at Somerset-House; a Curiousity never practised before in England

Published by Printed for Edw. Midwinter, London, 1729

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, illustrated frontispiece [4, title, preface] 1-172, 177-190, 175/6, 191-214, 217-225, [2] 226-238 pages, A2, B4-X4, Z2, Aa4-Bb3, Z4, Cc4-Ee4, Ee4, Ff4-Gg4, lacking plate page 17/4 [Z3] and page 215/6 begining 'example' though this is not obivious in the signatures to the gatherings, 68 plates plus frontispiece so 69 of 70, 6 of these are fold out Eleventh Edition , rebacked retaining originl boards, boards chipped and worn with loss, front board is bowed, inscriptions to the front and back pastedowns and the front free-end paper, block edge is tanned, light chipping along the edges of the first and last pages, contents are very good, binding is tight, the book is in good condition bound in calf with a blind stamped boarder front and back quarto 20 x 15.5cm Hardback ISBN.

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The first book of architecture , Translated out of Italian, with an appendix touching Doors and Windows. by Pr. Le Muet Architect to the French King. Translated into English by Godfrey Richards. The whole illustrated with above seventy copper cuts. 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 before Published: by that Ingenious Architect Mr. William Pope of London. With designs of floors of Variety of Small Pieces of Wood Inlaid, lately made in the Palace at Somerset-House; a Curiousity never practised before in England
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Palladio, Andrea
Publisher
Printed for Edw. Midwinter, London
Publication year
1729
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Hardcover

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Founded in 1985 by Joseph Keogh, Keogh's Books is based in Skipton, a market-town in North Yorkshire. After more than 30 years trading in Leeds and The Cotswolds, the business was passed on to Joseph's daughter, Carmel, who benefitted from a lifetime surrounded by books, as well as her father's many years of experience and expertise. Please contact 01756 691987 or info@keoghsbooks.com with any enquiries, or to arrange viewings.

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