Designs For Farm Buildings With A View To Prove That The Simplest Forms May Be Rendered Pleasing And Ornamental By A Proper Disposition Of The Rudest Materials

Robinson, Peter Frederick

Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1837

About this Item

Folio, 30 x 25 cm, 22 printed leaves and fifty-six full-page lithograph plates. First published 1830. ARCHER 291.3 "Altogether there are 25 designs, in four different styles that he felt were particularly `useful': Old English, Italian, Swiss and Rustic . Each design is illustrated in one or more the lithographed plates, which contain plans, elevations, and views." Robinson, inspired by Price, was the first practicing architect to call for preservation and restoration of vernacular structures for their picturesque value. ABBEY LIFE 64. Scattered, intermittent foxing, mostly in the margins. A firm, tight copy. A Sotheran small book label. Orig. quarter roan and green cloth with front cover inset -- leather label printed in gilt. Very good. Seller Inventory # 17901

Bibliographic Details

Title: Designs For Farm Buildings With A View To ...

Publisher: Henry G. Bohn, London

Publication Date: 1837

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: Third edition.