Grotesque architecture, or, Rural amusement: consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for huts, retreats, summer and winter hermitages, terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and natural grottos, cascades, baths, mosques, Moresque pavillions, grotesque

Wrighte, William; Taylor, Isaac; Thornthwaite, A.; Webley, Henry

Published by Recreasoft, Paris, 2026

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Language: English. Approximately 84 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1767. Traité d?architecture pittoresque et de jardin composé de plans, élévations et coupes pour pavillons, grottes, ermitages, kiosques, cascades, bains, mosquées, sièges rustiques et serres, avec de nombreuses propositions décoratives relevant du goût gothique, chinois et rustique. L?ouvrage se distingue par ses gravures sur cuivre et par son intérêt pour l?architecture de jardin du XVIIIe siècle, entre fantaisie ornementale, théorie de la composition et pratique du dessin architectural. Treatise on picturesque architecture and garden design offering plans, elevations, and sections for huts, retreats, hermitages, grottos, cascades, baths, mosques, rustic seats, and greenhouses, together with engraved plates and explanatory letterpress. Of particular interest to collectors of eighteenth-century architectural and landscape design, it reflects the era?s taste for ornamental, Gothic, Chinese, and rustic forms. Book images are non-contractual.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grotesque architecture, or, Rural amusement: consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for huts, retreats, summer and winter hermitages, terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and natural grottos, cascades, baths, mosques, Moresque pavillions, grotesque
• Publisher: Recreasoft, Paris
• Publication Date: 2026
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: New