![]() ![]() Ware's translation, which was dedicated to Burlington, not only had the lord's financial support, but Burlington also revised the text line by line to ensure its accuracy. The latter had long been dissatisfied with Leoni's and Du Bois's edition (especially the changes Leoni had made to Palladio's designs), and in the 1720s in fact he had encouraged James Gibbs to start a new translation of Palladio. ![]() Next Ware began working on his own version of Designs of Inigo Jones and Others, and in the mid-1730s he also began a new translation of Palladio's Four Books - both at Burlington's prompting. Toward the end of the 1720s, Ware met the lord and subsequently made several drawings for Burlington's Fabbriche Antiche (1730). He was first trained under Thomas Ripley and then worked in the London Office of Works. ![]() Another scholar and architect associated with the Burlington circle was Isaac Ware. ![]()
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