The Architecture of A. Palladio in Four Books containing a Short Treatise on the Five Orders (L'Architecture de A. Palladio en quatre livres... / Il quattro libri dell'architettura)
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- Title: The Architecture of A. Palladio in Four Books containing a Short Treatise on the Five Orders (L'Architecture de A. Palladio en quatre livres... / Il quattro libri dell'architettura)
- Author: Andrea Palladio (Italian, Padua 1508–1580 Vicenza)
- Publisher: Revised and designed and published by James [Giacomo] Leoni (British (born Italy) ca. 1686–1746 London)
- Translator: Nicholas DuBois (ca. 1665–1735)
- Engraver: Bernard Picart (French, Paris 1673–1733 Amsterdam)
- Engraver: Michael Vandergucht (Flemish, Antwerp 1660–1725 London)
- Engraver: John Harris (British, active 1686–1740)
- Printer: Printed for the author by John Watts (London)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1715 [1716–20]
- Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Book: 17 13/16 × 11 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (45.3 × 29.5 × 5.5 cm)
Sheet: 17 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. (44.6 x 26 cm) - Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.169(2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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