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Genre/Form: | Early works Specimens Rare books Early works to 1800 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrea Palladio; Ronald Keller; Red Angel Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress) |
OCLC Number: | 191821042 |
Notes: | "From the First book on architecture": p. [5] in front. Includes a plan, elevation, and cast paper sculpture of La Rotonda (Villa Almerico-Capra). Double spine binding, with 2 facing gatherings designed to be read sequentially across both gatherings, opening by opening. Cast paper sculpture mounted on shared inner back cover. "Fifty copies of this book were printed ... ": colophon. LC copy is no. 6; signed by Ronald Keller, the designer. |
Description: | [6], 14. [2] pages (last leaf folded) : illustrations ; 27 x 43 cm |
Other Titles: | Quattro libri dell'architettura. Palladio |
Responsibility: | Andrea Palladio ; translated by Robert Tavernor & Richard Schofield. |
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Printed on Fabriano Artistico paper, numbered by the artist / publisher / printer, Ronald Keller; page size: 17-1/4 x 10- 1/4 inches; [i-v] 14 numbered pages with colophon printed on verso of page 14 which is a fold-out ; artist book includes a paper cast rendering of the Villa Almerico - Capra which is mounted on the back cover of the book ; the front cover is split in the center and the pages open both to the left and right ; as the pages are turned, the leaves are trimmed narrower, gradually revealing the cast paper bas-relief image of the facade of La Rotonda on the inside back cover ; bound in tan cloth with the title, "PALLADIO" printed in deeper brown to the left of center ; title page is printed in brown and black ; text is set in Bembo and Caslon for the title ; text is further embellished by two additional architectural renderings by Palladio--(Cf. Bibliopoly).
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