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VIRTUE IS QUEEN

original Latin: "REGINA VIRTVS"

THE FOUR BOOKS

OF ARCHITECTURE

By Andrea Palladio.

In which, after a brief treatise on the five

orders, and those considerations that are most

necessary in building;

The "five orders" refer to the classical styles of columns and entablatures: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite.

PRIVATE HOUSES ARE DISCUSSED,

as well as Streets, Bridges, Piazzas,

Xysts, and Temples.

A xyst (original Italian: "xisti") is a term derived from classical antiquity referring to a covered portico, a colonnade, or a garden walk lined with trees.

WITH PRIVILEGES.

In the 16th century, a "privilege" was a form of early copyright granted by the state—here the Republic of Venice—prohibiting other printers from copying this specific edition for a certain number of years.

IN VENICE,

By Bartolomeo

Carampello.

1581.