Palladio four books of architecture full#

His Quattro Libri presented plans and elevations of his best work around Vicenza, as well as restorations of some of the major Roman ruins. вЂњThe career and book of Andrea Palladio summarize well the goal of the Renaissance architect- the creation of ordered and balanced architecture that might serve as an example for subsequent architectsвЂ¦. This, published in 1715, may be regarded as the most handsome of all editionsвЂќ ( Great Books and Book Collectors, 175, 186). There can be no major city in Europe that does not contain a building influenced by Palladio, and there are a great many more in AmericaвЂ¦ The Architecture in Four Books of Palladio was translated into English and provided with a fine set of plates, specially redrawn by a Venetian architect, Giacomo Leoni. It was swiftly translated into other languages and went through numerous editions. For two years Palladio studied in Rome and in 1570 published his Quattro Libri, which вЂњdeals with every aspect of architecture from proportions to town-planning, the whole imbued with the gravitas that Palladio had derived from his study of ancient RomeвЂ¦ No architecture book has ever had wider influence, more especially in England. One of the few architects of the early Renaissance to be trained as a builder, Palladio was recognized by the great Italian architect and scholar Trissino and adopted as his protege. вЂњPalladio is the Bible,вЂќ he told a friend whom he urged to get a copy of the treatise, вЂњand stick close to itвЂќ (Randall, 151). Thomas Jefferson, for example, had many copies in his library and used Palladio as a basis for his design of Monticello. LeoniвЂ™s edition ignited the great Palladian revival in England and its American colonies.

Rare first edition in English of PalladioвЂ™s enormously important treatise on architecture, including essays on building materials, the classical orders and decorative ornaments, with copper-engraved allegorical frontispiece and full-page portrait of Palladio by Picart, and 218 magnificent copper-engraved plates (15 double-page) on 203 sheets, and 12 in-text engravings- all after drawings by Giacomo Leoni.ДЄlthough the first part of PalladioвЂ™s monumental work had been translated into English in the 1600s, it was not until Giacomo LeoniвЂ™s 1715 first edition in English that the complete work was published.

Palladio four books of architecture full#

Tall folio (12 by 18 inches), contemporary full paneled speckled calf sympathetically rebacked in calf gilt, red and black morocco spine labels, raised bands.

London: Printed by John Watts, for the Author, 1715. Palladio In Four Books Containing A Short Treatise of the Five Orders, and the most necessary Observations concerning all Sorts of BuildingвЂ¦ RevisвЂ™d, DesignвЂ™d, and PublishвЂ™d by Giacomo LeoniвЂ¦ Translated from the Italian Original. вЂњNO ARCHITECTURE BOOK HAS EVER HAD WIDER INFLUENCEвЂќ: 1715 FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF PALLADIOвЂ™S FOUR BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE, SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 230 ENGRAVED PLATES