Vicenza e il territorio Vicenza, Italy

The introduction includes Andrea Palladio's biography and mentions his influence on British and American architecture, mainly through Inigo Jones and Thomas Jefferson.
Palladio's works are divided into three categories, villas, palaces and churches. The books comprises Palladian designs in England, Scotland and America. Each design is profiled with pictures and given a brief description. One hundred and fifty-four photographs illustrate 29 masterworks by Palladio and 37 British and American structures built in his style.

Boucher, an art history professor at the University of London, synthesizes the research that has been accomplished since James Ackerman's 1966 work on Palladio. The book spans the career of Palladio, illuminating his work in the context of his historical era and his own extraordinary life. Each of his masterpieces is described using plans, maps, and contemporary drawings and etchings. Among the 300 plates are more than 100 newly commissioned photographs of building interiors and exteriors, which capture every detail of Palladio's architectural style.