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Title: The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books Containing a Short Treatise of the Five Orders and the Most …
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Title: The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books Containing a Short Treatise of the Five Orders and the Most Necessary Observations Concerning all Sorts of Building, as Also the Different Construction of Private and Publick Houses, High-ways, Bridges, Market-Places, Xystes, and Temples, with Their Plans, Sections, and Uprights.
Author: Andrea Palladio (1518-1580).
Publisher: Printed by John Darby for the Author.
Illustrator: All the Plates by John Vantack.
Publication date: 1721.
Edition: Second edition in English.
Description: 4 parts in 2 volumes in one. Fo. Engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of Palladio, 215 copper-engraved plates by Bernard Picart, Michael Vandergucht, John Harris and others (most full-page, 15 double-page and a few in text). Hardcover with contemporary calf spine cover, period boards. Second edition in English of Palladio's influential architectural treatise, translation by Giacomo Leoni.
Measures: 18.75 x 12 x 2.5 inches (465 x 284 mm).
Provenance: From the celebrated private collection of Fred and Kay Krehbiel, patrons of historic preservation and the visionary restorers of Ballyfin Demesne, Ireland.
Notes: A highly desirable, well-pedigreed copy of the defining text of the British Palladian revival, boasting a flawless thematic provenance. This volume was a cornerstone of the private architectural library of Fred and Kay Krehbiel. Celebrated globally for their monumental, award-winning restoration of Ballyfin Demesne in County Laois, Ireland—widely regarded as one of the finest Neoclassical and Palladian-influenced country houses in the British Isles—the Krehbiels possessed a profound, firsthand devotion to the classical ideals of symmetry, proportion, and grandeur championed by Andrea Palladio. Originally translated by Giacomo Leoni, this historic 1721 edition sparked the very architectural movement that birthed grand estates like Ballyfin. For the discerning collector, this copy represents a rare opportunity to acquire a monumental text directly linked to the legacy of modern classical preservation and 21st-century connoisseurship.
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- Dimensions
- 2.5ʺW × 12ʺD × 18.75ʺH
- Period
- Early 18th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Leather
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Leaves (Some toning and spotting, a few marginal repairs.), Contemporary calf (re-backed and repaired, some wear). Leaves (Some toning and spotting, a few marginal repairs.), Contemporary calf (re-backed and repaired, some wear). less
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