Main entry:

Aldrich, Henry, 1648-1710.

Title & Author:

Elementa architecturae civilis ad Vitruvii veterumque disciplinam : et recentiorum praesertim a Paladii exempla probatiora concinnata / auctore Henrico Aldrich.

Publication:

Oxonii : Prostant apud D. Prince et J. Cooke, T. Payne et fil., P. Elmsly, J. Robson et W. Clarke ; R. Faulder, J. et T. Egerton, Londini, 1789.

Description:

[10], 54, [4], lxvi, 66 pages, LV [i.e. 56] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
The Latin text is followed by the English translation of Philip Smyth, with special t.p. and separate paging.
In some copies, the English translation precedes the Latin text; "Subscribers" remains constant.
Includes 55 numbered engraved architectural plates and frontispiece portrait engraved by Heath after G. Kneller.
"Subscribers": pages [3]-[10] at front
Cicognara, 395

Resources:
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Subject:

Vitruvius Pollio.
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture

Form/genre:

Early works
Subscribers' lists England Oxford 18th century.
Subscription lists (Publishing) England Oxford 18th century.

Added entries:

Smyth, Philip, translator.

Added title page in English: Elements of civil architecture, according to Vitruvius and other ancients

Holdings:

Location: Library main 67321
Call No.: W1422
Status: Available