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I quattro libri dell'architettura

The Four Books of Architecture
Front page of I quattro libri dell'architettura
AuthorAndrea Palladio
Original titleI quattro libri dell'architettura
TranslatorGiacomo Leoni
IllustratorAndrea Palladio
LanguageItalian
SubjectArchitecture
GenreNon-fiction
Published1570
PublisherDominico de' Francheschi[1]
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
John Watts, London, 1716-1720
Media typePrint

I quattro libri dell'architettura (The Four Books of Architecture) is a treatise on architecture by the architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580), written in Italian. It was first published in four volumes in 1570 in Venice, illustrated with woodcuts after the author's own drawings. It has been reprinted and translated many times, often in single-volume format.

Book I was first published in English in 1663 in a London edition by Godfrey Richards. The first complete English language edition was published in London by the Italian-born architect Giacomo Leoni in 1715–1720.[2]

  1. ^ "Palladio and his Books". Center for Palladian Studies in America. palladiancenter.org. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ^ The Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc., "Palladio and his Books." http://www.palladiancenter.org/palladiobooks.html Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

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