The first book of architecture, by Andrea Palladio. Translated out of Italian, with an appendix touching doors and windows, by Pr. Le Muet, Architect to the French King. Translated into English by Godfrey Richards. The whole illustrated with near fourscore copper cutts. Also, rules and demonstrations, with several Designs, for the framing of any manner of roofs, either above Pitch, or under Pitch, whether Square, or Bevel; never before Published by that Ingenious Architect, Mr. William Pope of London. With designs of floors, of Variety of Small Pieces of Wood Inlaid, lately made in the Palace at Somerset-House; a Curiosity never practised before in England. With the New Model of the Cathedral of St. Paul's in London, as it is to be Built.

  • Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.
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MDCCVIII. [1708]
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Quattro libri dell'architettura. Book 1. English

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London : printed for G. Sawbridge, at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little Britain and Eben. Tracy, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, MDCCVIII. [1708]

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[4],239,[1]p., plates : ill. ; 40.

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The seventh edition corrected and enlarged, ..

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ESTC T35542

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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