PALLADIO Andrea, Four Books on Architecture.

Four books on architecture.

From the Italian first edition published in Venice in 1570 translated. Maria Rzepinska. Warsaw 1955, PWN. 4, pp. 338, [1], numerous illustrations in the text and on plates, publisher's cloth binding.
Some discoloration of binding, internally in very good condition. Includes, among others: On what to prepare and consider before building; On lime and how to prepare mortar; On methods of masonry; On the Tuscan order; On violations of the rules; On loggias, vestibules, halls, chambers and their shapes; On the plans of several villas belonging to illustrious Venetians; On the formation of streets within the city; On the five types of temples; On the Pantheon called today the Rotunda.