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

Isaac Ware

Artist, British, 1704 - 1766

Andrea Palladio

Author, Italian, 1508 - 1580

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Artwork overview

  • 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

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • 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.


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