The First Book of Andrea Palladio's Architecture. Treating of the Five Orders; and What is most necessary in Building. Correctly drawn from his Original Work, publish'd by himself at Venice, Anno 1570. And accurately engraved by I. Ware.
published 1742
Artist, British, 1704 - 1766
Author, Italian, 1508 - 1580
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with etched and engraved frontispiece by Isaac Ware after William Kent plus 30 engravings (all full-page, versos blank) by Ware and letterpress text
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 20.4 x 12.6 cm (8 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 21 x 13.5 x 2.2 cm (8 1/4 x 5 5/16 x 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1983.49.55
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
ownership inscription of Brent Gration-Maxfield; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 54.
Inscriptions
by later hand, front endpaper, upper left in ballpoint pen: Ex Libris Brent Cration-Maxfield.