The Renaissance architect and builder Andrea Palladio is arguable the most influential architect in Western history, and certainly the most beloved. His sixteenth-century villas in the Italian Veneto revolutionized the course of architecture, and the principles on which he based his work are still felt today. For the past several years, Italian watercolorist Giovanni Giaconi has devoted his talents to creating exquisite large-format pen-and-ink watercolor renderings of all thirty-two of Palladio's villas. Each drawing ...
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The Renaissance architect and builder Andrea Palladio is arguable the most influential architect in Western history, and certainly the most beloved. His sixteenth-century villas in the Italian Veneto revolutionized the course of architecture, and the principles on which he based his work are still felt today. For the past several years, Italian watercolorist Giovanni Giaconi has devoted his talents to creating exquisite large-format pen-and-ink watercolor renderings of all thirty-two of Palladio's villas. Each drawing captures the timeless beauty of Palladian architecture and provides a detailed record of these masterpieces. Together with brief descriptions of each villa, samples of Giaconi's preparatory sketches, and where available, Palladio's own woodcuts, these works of art leave a deep impression of Palladio's oeuvre and give the reader an opportunity to compare the original designs with the actual buildings and their present state of conservation. This beautiful book is a must-have and the perfect gift for architects, travelers, and lovers of Italy and Palladio's architecture.
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Fair. This copy may contain significant wear including bending writing tears and or water damage. This book is a functional copy not necessarily a beautiful copy. Copy may have loose or missing pages and may not include access codes or CDs.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket, not price-clipped. Completely clean. Color drawings of Palladio's villas by Giovanni Giaconi with text by Kim Williams. Stated first edition. Glossary. Bibliography. 9" high X 12" wide, 151 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.
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Giaconi, Giovanni. Fine in Near Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. (USA) Stated 1st edition, 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing to the flap fold corner tips of DJ. Sandy coloured cloth, map end papers, 151pp, colour renderings of all the villa facades of Palladio by the artist Giaconi, who grew up near Vincenza. A handsome book which concentrates on the facades as there are few plans. (3.0 JM LVR 205/1.
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Very Good. Size: 12x9x0; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small stains to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Good in Acceptable jacket. First edition stated, from 2003. Dust jacket has some light soiling, edge wear, moisture staining on spine, and several small spots on backside where paper finish has peeled. Tan cloth boards and binding are good. Pages are unmarked. Pages 33-40 have some grease stains. Other pages are clean. LO.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First Edition. A stunning copy of this rare book. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.
