The first booke of architecture, made by Sebastian Serly, entreating of geometrie. Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English

Author/creator Serlio, Sebastiano
Other author Peake, Robert, Sir, 1592?-1667.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Printed [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake, and are to be sold at his shop neere Holborne conduit, next to the Sunne Tauerne, Anno Dom. 1611.
Description[3], 13, [1]; 26, [1]; [1], 73; 71, [1]; 16 leaves : ill. (woodcuts)
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Uniform titleTutte l'opere d'architettura. English
Variant title Tutte l'opere d'architettura.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteA translation of: Tutte l'opere d'architettura.
General noteTranslator's dedication signed: Robert Peake.
General noteColophon, last leaf recto, reads "Printed at London, by Simon Stafford. 1611.".
General noteBooks 2-5 each have separate title page, foliation, and register. The title page to book 2 is printed on ¹H2.
General noteThe woodcuts for the title-page borders and illustrations were first used in the Antwerp edition of 1553. They were later used in the 1606 edition in Dutch printed in Amsterdam by C. Claeszoon, who also printed them on sheets otherwise blank and shipped them to Basel, where letterpress in German was overprinted in 1608, and to London for the present edition. Thomas Snodham printed only the bifolium following the first title page (STC addendum).
General noteBook 2 A1 is cancelled.
General noteVariant: "Printed by Robert Peake" blocked out on one or more of the title pages to books 1, 2, 4, or 5 (book 3 lacks imprint).
General noteReproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
General noteLacks the two leaves after first title page.
References STC (2nd ed.) 22235.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 729:11)
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