I qvattro libri dell'architettvra di Andrea Palladio : ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini, & di quelli auertimenti, che sono piu necessarii nel fabricare; si tratta delle case private, delle vie, de i ponti, delle piazze, de i xisti, et de' tempij
Andrea Palladio's four-book architectural treatise, first issued in Venice in 1570 and reprinted there in 1771 under Joseph Smith's patronage, written for builders and patrons working in the classical orders. The 224 woodcut plates give elevations, sections and floor plans of villas, palace facades, bridges, arcades and temples, drawn in fine outline with lettered dimension keys and columns, pediments, balustrades and rusticated bases that can be lifted as isolated architectural elements.
