Description
The four books of Andrea Palladio's architecture. London: Isaac Ware, 1738. Folio, 4 engraved titles and 212 engraved plates [numbered 8-34, 1-58, 1-21, 1-99], Volume 1 with engraved illustrations numbered 1-7, engraved head-pieces & diagrams, list of subscribers, [xii], 108 (of 110); twentieth-century calf, morocco label, first title laid down, lacking pp. 109-110, some dampstaining at beginning and end, some dust-soiling, marginal loss to pp. 9-12, 21 and plates 9, 11, 34, some marginal tears