The architecture of A. Palladio, in four books : containing a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building : as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-plates, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights
A 1742 London edition of Andrea Palladio's architectural treatise, printed for several booksellers, setting out the five orders and designs for private and public buildings. Its plates pair each building's plan above or below with an elevation, drawn in fine engraved lines on plain paper, which a designer can use for classical facade proportions, symmetry and floor layouts.
