The Four Books was used to inform his own work as the architect of Monticello and the University of Virginia and also architect William Buckland's at the 1774 Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, was a keen admirer of Palladio and once referred to the book as "the Bible". Palladian architecture grew in popularity across Europe and, by the end of the 18th century, had extended as far as North America. The book's clarity inspired numerous patrons and other architects. Some of these ideas had got no further than the drawing board while others, for example villa plans, had been successfully built. I quattro libri dell'architettura contains Palladio's own designs celebrating the purity and simplicity of classical architecture. Palladio founded an architectural movement which takes its name from him, Palladian architecture. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.
Fully illustrated with architectural drawings. Demy folio,, paperbound with pictorial covers, pp.
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