1682 Scarce French ARCHITECTURE Book - Traitté des cinq ordres d'architecture traduit du Palladio. 77 Plates.
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Author : PALLADIO (Andrea). LE MUET (Pierre).
Title : Traitté des cinq ordres d'architecture dont se sont servi les anciens, traduit du Palladio. Augmenté de nouvelles inventions pour l'art de bien bastir, par le Sr Le Muet.
Language : Text in French.
Publisher : Amsterdam, Henry Wetstein, 1682.
Size : 7.5 " X 5.5 " .
Pages : (4) , 40 pages illustrated with a frontispiece and full page illustration (second frontispiece) and its complete 77 architectural plates.
Binding : Attractive and very good full calf leather binding (slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light staining or foxing - as shown).
Illustrations : Complete with the frontispiece and full page illustration (second frontispiece) and its complete 77 architectural plates.
Estimate: (USD 900 - USD 1900)
The book : Scarce 17th century complete edition of this Important Architecture work - Treatise on the five orders of architecture which the ancients used, translated from the Palladio.
The author: Andrea Palladio (30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the history of architecture. While he designed churches and palaces, he was best known for country houses and villas. His teachings, summarized in the architectural treatise, The Four Books of Architecture, gained him wide recognition.[
The city of Vicenza, with its 23 buildings designed by Palladio, and 24 Palladian villas of the Veneto are listed by UNESCO as part of a World Heritage Site named City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto.[4] The churches of Palladio are to be found within the "Venice and its Lagoon" UNESCO World Heritage Site.