Palladio, Andrea. Architecture de Palladio, contenant les cinq ordres d'architecture. Paris, Jombert, 1764. In 8° (220 x 143 mm);xvj, 152 pages. Antiporta and 75 engraved plates including 1 folded (light browning). Coeval bindings in bazzana with phytomorphic friezes on spine, title on gusset, red boards (weak hinges, flaws and faults to covers and corners). Also in the lot Abregé des dix livres d'architecture de Vitruve from 1674, and William Hogarth's The Analysis of Beauty from 1761 with 2 engraved and folded plates. (3)

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