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-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights
This is a 1721 London edition of Andrea Palladio's architectural treatise, printed for the author and engraved by John Vantack, aimed at builders and students of architecture. The plates are measured drawings of the five classical orders, column capitals, cornices, mouldings, and elevations of palazzi and temples, drawn in plain outline with light grey or pink wash. A designer can take from them the precise proportions and ornament of classical details, useful as a reference for historicist typography, borders, and column-based layouts.
