PALLADIO, Andrea. The Four Books of Architecture. In which, after a small Treaty of the Five Orders, with some of the most necessary observations to build well, He speaks of the construction of private houses, great roads, Bridges, Public Places, Xysts, Basilicas , & Temples. Paris: Edme Martin's printing house, 1650 - In-folio, brown calf, gilded weapons in the centre of the dishes, back with nerves covered with posterior basane, speckled edges ( binding of the time). First complete French edition of the 4 books translated from Italian by Roland Fréart de Chambray. Reembroidered copy, in a binding of arms. It was offered by François d'Aix de La Chaize (1624-1709), confessor of Louis XIV, to the Collège de la Trinité des Jésuites de Lyon, with his ex-dono printed on the first counterplate and the ex-libris manuscript of the college on the title, bearing the date 1683 . Flats mounted upside down, back covered with posterior basane, blunt corners, friction and cut marks on the dishes, linings and modern guards. Wetnesses, tears with missing parts on the first two sheets. Cutting in the margin of sheet E2, without affecting the text, tearing restored with affecting the engravings, on sheet Ee2. Scattered freckles . Origin: College of the Trinity of the Jesuits of Lyon. - André Lurçat, architect, with ex-libris.