The designs of Inigo Jones : consisting of plans and elevations for public and private buildings : published by William Kent, with some additional designs
Inigo Jones (1573-1652) was instrumental in introducing into England a style of design and architecture based on his study of ancient buildings of Rome and the later Italian classical architecture of Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Jones' plans and ideas had widespread and lasting impact thanks in part to their continued promotion through architectural pattern books. These books of engraved illustrations provided visual models in the approved taste for "gentlemen of means" to recreate on their estates. Jones' British Palladian style could be viewed in books dating from the 1720s when a notable collection of his designs was published under the auspices of Lord Burlington and William Kent. Early editions of Jones pattern books existed at a number of locations in the American colonies before the Revolution. The 1770 London edition of "The Designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of plans and elevations for publick and private buildings. Published by William Kent, with some additional designs" was known to exist at the Library Company of Philadelphia by 1793. The 1770 edition digitized here is held by the UW-Madison Memorial Library Special Collections at call number CA 619.
The designs of Inigo Jones : consisting of plans and elevations for public and private buildings : published by William Kent, with some additional designs Volume 1 1770
The designs of Inigo Jones : consisting of plans and elevations for public and private buildings : published by William Kent, with some additional designs Volume 2 1770
Les desseins du celebre Inigo Jones : consistant en plans et elevations, pour des edifices publics et des batimens particuliers : publiés par Guillaume Kent, augmentés de quelques desseins d'autres maitres
2 volumes in 1 ([18] pages, [52] leaves of plates (some double, some folded) ; [18] pages, [47] leaves of plates (some double, some folded)) : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 54 cm
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Frontispiece; title vignette; initials; head- and tail-pieces.
Plates engraved by Bernard Baron, P. Fourdriner, H. Hulsbergh, John Cole and Antoine Herisset; drawn by William Kent, Elias Ferris, Henry Flitcroft and T. Schwertfeger after the designs of Inigo Jones, Lord Burlington, William Kent, Andrea Palladio and Henry Flitcroft.