The Architecture of A. Palladio in Four Books containing a Short Treatise on the Five Orders (L'Architecture de A. Palladio en quatre livres... / Il quattro libri dell'architettura)
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Title: The Architecture of A. Palladio in Four Books containing a Short Treatise on the Five Orders (L'Architecture de A. Palladio en quatre livres... / Il quattro libri dell'architettura)
Author:
Andrea Palladio (Italian, Padua 1508–1580 Vicenza)
Publisher:
Revised and designed and published by James [Giacomo] Leoni (British (born Italy) ca. 1686–1746 London)
Translator:
Nicholas DuBois (ca. 1665–1735)
Engraver:
Bernard Picart (French, Paris 1673–1733 Amsterdam)
Engraver:
Michael Vandergucht (Flemish, Antwerp 1660–1725 London)
Engraver:
John Harris (British, active 1686–1740)
Printer:
Printed for the author by John Watts (London)
Published in: London
Date: 1715 [1716–20]
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions:
Book: 17 13/16 × 11 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (45.3 × 29.5 × 5.5 cm)
Sheet: 17 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. (44.6 x 26 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Object Number: 41.100.169(2)
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