Book design

SOURCE: Andrea Palladio. Les Quatre livres d'architecture d'Andre Palladio (Paris, 1650), ed. Roland Freart de Chambray, p. 17 NOTES: This first full French translation of Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura contains plates copied from the original Italian edition, published in 1570.

SOURCE: Andrea Palladio. The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture (London, 1738), ed. Isaac Ware, frontispiece NOTES: This English edition of Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura contains plates copied from the first Italian edition, published in 1570. The translated edition shown here was published under the patronage of Richard Boyle, Lord Burlington.

SOURCE: Andrea Palladio. The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture (London, 1738), ed. Isaac Ware, p. 3 (dedication page) NOTES: This English edition of Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura contains plates copied from the first Italian edition, published in 1570. The translated edition shown here was published under the patronage of Richard Boyle, Lord Burlington.

SOURCE: Andrea Palladio. The Architecture of Andrea Palladio in Four Books (London, 1715), ed. Giacomo Leoni, frontispiece NOTES: This English edition of Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura contains plates copied from the first Italian edition, published in 1570 and includes additional 'notes and observations' by Inigo Jones.

SOURCE: Andrea Palladio. The Architecture of Andrea Palladio in Four Books (London, 1715), ed. Giacomo Leoni, title page NOTES: This English edition of Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura contains plates copied from the first Italian edition, published in 1570 and includes additional 'notes and observations' by Inigo Jones.

SOURCE: Andrea Palladio. The Architecture of Andrea Palladio in Four Books (London, 1715), ed. Giacomo Leoni, preface NOTES: This English edition of Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura contains plates copied from the first Italian edition, published in 1570 and includes additional 'notes and observations' by Inigo Jones.

SOURCE: Andrea Palladio. The Architecture of Andrea Palladio in Four Books (London, 1715), ed. Giacomo Leoni, front cover of binding NOTES: This English edition of Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura contains plates copied from the first Italian edition, published in 1570 and includes additional 'notes and observations' by Inigo Jones.

SOURCE: Fra Giovanni Giocondo. M. Vitruvio, De architectura libri decem additis (Venice, 1511), contents page NOTES: Vitruvius's original treatise 'De Architectura' was written during the first century BC. This 1511 edition was edited and augmented by Fra Giovanni Giocondo and was the first illustrated version of the treatise.

SOURCE: Fra Giovanni Giocondo. M. Vitruvio, De Architectura libri decem additis (Venice, 1511), Book 1, p. 1 NOTES: Vitruvius's original treatise 'De architectura' was written during the first century BC. This 1511 edition was edited and augmented by Fra Giovanni Giocondo and was the first illustrated version of the treatise.

SOURCE: Sebastiano Serlio. Il Terzo libro di Sebastiano Serlio Bolognese (Di Architettura, book III) (Venice, 1544), frontispiece

SOURCE: Sebastiano Serlio. Regole generali di architetura (Di Architettura, book IV) (Venice, 1537), frontispiece

SOURCE: Andrea Palladio. I Quattro libri dell'architettura (Venice, 1570), frontispiece The BAL copy of the first edition of I quattro libri was one of four copies belonging to Lord Burlington, the leading British champion of Palladio, and sponsor of several vital works in the history of Palladianism.