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

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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

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.)

Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

Accession Number

1983.49.55

Artists / Makers

Isaac Ware (artist) British, 1704 - 1766

Andrea Palladio (author) Italian, 1508 - 1580

William Kent (artist after) English, 1685 - 1748

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, front endpaper, upper left in ballpoint pen: Ex Libris Brent Cration-Maxfield.

Provenance

ownership inscription of Brent Gration-Maxfield; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Millard, Mark Jacob

Bibliography

1998: Middleton et al. 1998, no. 54.