1767 Set 3 Large ARCHITECTURE PLATES Buckland Oxfordshire Throckmorton Campbell

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Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1767 Set 3 Large ARCHITECTURE PLATES Buckland Oxfordshire Throckmorton CampbellDescription1767Set of three Large Architectural engraved plates with plans elevationfor The Seat of Rob't Throckorton Bar't at Buckland in Berkshire(now Oxfordshire), published for 'VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS or The British Architect.by Woolfe and Gandon Architects', after Colen Campbell.Plates 93(66cm x 52cm), 90 91(each 52cm x 35cm) in excellent condition. Some light age tone spots to outer margins.Colen Campbell(15 June 1676 and#8211; 13 September 1729) was a pioneering Scottish architect and architectural writer, credited as a founder of theGeorgian style. For most of his career, he resided in Italy and England.A descendant of theCampbellsofCawdor Castle, he is believed to be the Colinus Campbell who graduated from theUniversity of Edinburghin July 1695.He initially trained as a lawyer, being admitted to theFaculty of Advocateson 29 July 1702. He had travelled inItalyfrom 1695and#8211;1702 and is believed to be the Colinus Campbell who signed the visitor's book at theUniversity of Paduain 1697. He is believed to have trained in and studied architecture underJames Smith,this belief is strengthened by Campbell owning several drawings of buildings designed by Smith.His major published work,Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect.appeared in three volumes between 1715 and 1725. (Further volumes using the successful title were assembled byWoolfeandGandon, and published in 1767 and 1771, see below.)Vitruvius Britannicuswas the first architectural work to originate in England sinceJohn Shute'sElizabethanFirst Groundes.In theempiricalvein, it was not atreatisebut basically a catalogue ofdesign, containingengravingsof English buildings byInigo Jonesand SirChristopher Wren, as well as Campbell himself and other prominent architects of the era.In the introduction that he appended and in the brief descriptions, Campbell belaboured the excesses ofBaroquestyle and declared British independence from foreigners while he dedicated the volume toHanoverianGeorge I. The third volume (1725) has several grand layouts of gardens and parks, with straight alland#233;es, for courts and patternedparterresand radiating rides through woodedplantations, in a Baroque manner that was rapidly becoming old-fashioned.Buildings were shown in plan, section and elevation, but also some were in a bird's-eye perspective. The drawings and designs contained in the book were under way before Campbell was drawn into the speculative scheme. The success of the volumes was instrumental in popularising neo-Palladian Architecturein Great Britain and America during the 18th century. For example, Plate 16 ofVitruvius Britannicus, a rendering of Somerset House in London, was an inspiration for American architect Peter Harrison when he designed the Brick Market in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1761. View Our Categories Decorative Prints World Wide Maps Scotland Maps Architecture Design England Maps Royalty About UsWe specialise in selling all items that can be considered to be Antique Paper. * PRINTS * MAPS * HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS * POSTAL HISTORY * BOOKS * POSTERS * STAMPS * POSTCARDS * EPHEMERA And anything else that is considered Antique and made of Paper. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUES - NOT MODERN COPIES. We are also very keen buyers of anything similar and especially after better collections, original archives, whole libraries and better single items and have £250,000 in cash funds at anyone time to buy the right items. Contact UsIf you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us through the eBay messaging system. Feedback We will always help you to have a 100% positive happy buying experience. Contact us if you are unhappy about any aspect of your purchase from us. We only want five star feedback from you so buy with confidence. Seller Inventory # 234168133109_9247bdc_d2f1d1f

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