A Complete Body of Architecture. Adorned with Plans and Elevations, from Original Designs
Published by London T. Osborne and J. Shipton, in the Gray's Inn, J. Hodges, near London Bridge, L. Davis, in Fleetstreet, J. Ward, in Cornhill, and R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row 1756 1st edition.
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Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United KingdomPROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
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FOLIO Size 17 x 10.5 inches. Rebound in half calf leather binding, with raised bands on spine, and red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Marbled boards, new endpapers. In very good condition. Around last 20 plates have a few water marks on corners. Inscription to title: 'The gift of A. Gresley Esq. to Joseph Oaks Esq., Stonemason, 1824' Some tanning inside, a few corners a little bumped. Else generally clean & tight. 748 pp, (20) pp, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title in red & black with engraved vignette of Pantheon, engraved head-piece, with 122 pages of engraved plates of which 14 folding. Includes a table of the plates, errata and a table of contents. Isaac Ware's important comprehensive overview of Georgian architectural theory and practice. This work covers nearly every imaginable element of architectural design.
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- Title
- A Complete Body of Architecture. Adorned with Plans and Elevations, from Original Designs
- Author
- Ware, Isaac
- Publisher
- London T. Osborne and J. Shipton, in the Gray's Inn, J. Hodges, near London Bridge, L. Davis, in Fleetstreet, J. Ward, in Cornhill, and R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row 1756 1st edition.
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PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
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