THE ELEMENTS OF CIVIL ARCHITECTURE. According to Vitruvius and Other Ancients, and the Most Approved Practice of Modern Authors, Especially Palladio. Translated by Philip Smyth.

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Prima edizione. Testo latino - inglese. Cm.24x14,8. Pg.(12), 54, (2), LXVI, 66, (2). Genuina legatura staccata, in piena pelle coeva, con rinforzo in tela al dorso a quattro nervature. Bordura in oro ai piatti. Fogli di guardia marmorizzati e tagli spruzzati. Fioriture sparse. Esemplare su carta greve. Ritratto dell'autore inciso in ovale da Heath da dipinto di G. Kneller all'antiporta. Con 55 tavole architettoniche fuori testo. Doppio frontespizio, il primo in inglese, il secondo in latino. Il volume contiene la lista dei sottoscrittori, il testo latino ("Elementa Architecturae Civilis"), l'introduzione in inglese ed il testo inglese, con le tavole. Prima edizione con il testo inglese e latino degli "Elementa Architecturae Civilis ad Vitruvii veterumque disciplinam" del letterato e architetto inglese Henry Aldrich (Westminster, 1647 ? Oxford, 1710). L'introduzione si deve a George Oakley Aldrich, nipote dell'autore. Assai ricco l'apparato iconografico. > Dallaway, "Observations on English Architecture", 148, "[Aldrich] "Elements of Civil Architecture" give ample evidence that he was intimately conversant with the science". Lowndes, I, 27, "According to Rev. J.C. Eustace, "A very clear and concise treatise on the general principles, proportions, and terms of this art, and may be recommended as a good work of the kind for the use of beginners". Harris / Savage, 17, "Although the "Elements" had no significance as an architectural book, it can nevertheless make a valuable contribution to our slim knowledge of Aldrich?s interests in this field. Principally it helps to explain his rejection of the ascending baroque and preference for a classical Palladian style, which he so remarkably demonstrated at Peckwater Quadrangle". Fowler, 18. 1300 gr.…

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Title
THE ELEMENTS OF CIVIL ARCHITECTURE. According to Vitruvius and Other Ancients, and the Most Approved Practice of Modern Authors, Especially Palladio. Translated by Philip Smyth.
Author
ALDRICH Henry.
Publisher
Sold by D. Prince and J. Cooke, etc., Oxford
Publication year
1789
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Binding
Copertina rigida
Edition
Prima edizione.

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