The Palladian revival : Lord Burlington, his villa and garden at Chiswick / John Harris

New Haven : Published in association with Yale University Press, 1994. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new with a slip case. Physical description; vi, 280 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm. Notes; Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 19 July - 25 Sept. 1994, the Heinz Architectural Center, Pittsburgh, 29 Oct. 1994 - 9 Jan. 1995, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2 Feb. - 2 Apr. 1995. Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-274) and index. Copy includes advance review request slip. Contents;The genesis of the Palladian revival -- The amateur architects of the Palladian revival : Lord Burlington's career -- The catalogue. Ancestry, education and patronage : catalogue numbers 1-8 ; The architect Earl : catalogue numbers 9-30 ; The new villa : catalogue numbers 31-68 ; The villa and old house linked : catalogue numbers 69-70 ; The garden after 1726 : catalogue numbers 80-122; Chiswick after 1740 -- Appendix. Jacques Rigaud's drawings of Chiswick -- Burlington as a bookman and collector. Subjects; Burlington, Richard Boyle Earl of 1694-1753 Criticism and interpretation ; Exhibitions. Palladio, Andrea 1508-1580 Influence ; Exhibitions. Jones, Inigo 1573-1652 Influence ; Expositions. Burlington, Richard Boyle Earl of 1694-1753. Palladio, Andrea 1508-1580. Chiswick House (Hounslow, London, England) ; Exhibitions.