The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

Scribner, New York. 2002. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for remainder marks on the textblock top and bottom. Book Condition; Near Fine; light bump to tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($25.00); light bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Blue paper over boards with dark blue overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 266 pp 8vo. This book is an architectural exploration of Andrea Palladio's revolutionary villa designs and their lasting impact on American buildings, from Monticello to modern homes. Here the author reveals how a handful of Palladio's houses in an obscure corner of the Venetian Republic should have made their presence felt hundreds of years later and halfway across the globe. More than just a study of one of history's seminal architectural figures, The Perfect House reflects Rybczynski's enormous admiration for his subject and provides a new way of looking at the special landscapes we call "home" in the modern world. A clean very presentable copy.…