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I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books on Architecture; facsimile of 1570 edition on CD-ROM)
by Palladio, Andrea (introduction by Robert Tavernor; English translation by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield)
- New
- first
- Condition
- New/No Jacket (as issued)
- ISBN 10
- 1891788272
- ISBN 13
- 9781891788277
- Seller
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About This Item
Venice: Dominico de' Franceschi (Oakland: Octavo), 1570; 2000. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc) of the first edition of one of the most important, influential, and beautiful books in the history of architecture, from a copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 400% of original size) of every page of the original edition as well as a new introduction by Robert Tavernor and an authoritative complete English translation of the text by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield (includes a glossary of specialized terms). The high-resolution digital medium makes this the most detailed and accurate reproduction of the original ever issued.
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- Philip Smith, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8VPAQL01
- Title
- I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books on Architecture; facsimile of 1570 edition on CD-ROM)
- Author
- Palladio, Andrea (introduction by Robert Tavernor; English translation by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield)
- Format/Binding
- Other Binding
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1891788272
- ISBN 13
- 9781891788277
- Publisher
- Venice: Dominico de' Franceschi (Oakland: Octavo)
- Date Published
- 1570; 2000
- Keywords
- Andrea Palladio I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura Four Books on Architecture digital facsimile building Palladian Palladianism Robert Tavernor Richard Schofield Renaissance Classical Italian Italy Octavo Editions Digital 9781891788277 1891788272 Libra
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Philip Smith, Bookseller
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About Philip Smith, Bookseller
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