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Title: Elementa architecturae civilis ad Vitruvii veterumque disciplinam et recentiorum praesertim a Palladii exempla probatiora concinnata (The Elements of Civil Architecture, According to Vitriuvius and Other Ancients, and the Most Approved Practice of Modern Authors, Especially Palladio)
Author:
Henry Aldrich (British, Westminster 1648–1710 London)
Translator:
Latin translated by Philip Smyth (British, active 18th century)
Sitter:
Henry Aldrich (British, Westminster 1648–1710 London)
Engraver:
Frontispiece engraved by James Heath (British, London 1757–1834 London)
Artist:
Frontispiece after Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)
Publisher:
D. Prince and J. Cooke (Oxford)
Published in: Oxford
Date: 1789
Medium: Frontispiece: stipple engraving; other illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 9 7/16 × 6 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (24 × 15.4 × 4 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.23
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