Andrea Palladio

ARCHITECTURE DE PALLADIO, DIVISÉE EN QUATRE LIVRES: DANS LESQUELS, APRÈS UN TRAITÉ DES CINQ ORDRES, JOINT AUX OBSERVATIONS LES PLUS NÉCESSAIRES POUR BIEN BÂTIR, IL EST PARLÉ DE LA CONSTRUCTION DES MAISONS PUBLIQUES & PARTICULIÉRES, DES GRAND-CHEMINS, DES

La Haye, Chez Pierre Gosse, 1726.
Folio [43 by 28 cm]. [8], 166; [2], 46, [2], 38, [2], 20, [4] pp. + engraved frontispiece + engraved portrait of Palladio + 230 full-page engraved plates (of which 12 in text, and some folding with one, two, or, three numbers each), . General title of each volume printed in red and black.Woodcut tailpieces, initials.

Contemporary gilt-lettered half calf. Lacks the engraved frontispiece and portrait of Palladio.
The copy of Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander [1816-1881], professor of architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
The plates, by Picart mostly, are the same as Leoni's 1715 edition. Besides Picart, T. Cole, J. Harris, and M. vander Gucht engraved plates for this work. French text only of Du Boi's translation.

Originally published in 1570, "The four Books of Architecture" contain the principles of the architectural style which later became known as Palladianism. Palladio's lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through actual buildings than through his textbook.
* Berlin Catalogue 2599. Fowler 225.