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The four books of Andrea Palladio's architecture
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Palladio, Andrea
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The four books of Andrea Palladio's architecture
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Style: Armorial|Frame|Floral; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Black; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 18c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
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Place of creation Binding: England
Object history Text: 1738; London; Smith, Joseph, Consul
Notes The titlepage is engraved. With a MS. letter from Matthew Brettingham to Joseph Smith, MS. plans and an elevation of a Palladian villa inserted. In an eighteenth-century gold tooled black morocco binding with the arms of Joseph Smith. Compare the border with the border on C25i4.
References To research armorials see British Armorial Bindings Database sponsored jointly by the Bibliographical Society and the University of Toronto http://armorial.library.utoronto.ca
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