Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Cholmondeley, the First Earl of Cholmondeley, commissioned the architect William Smith to add the details (columns, statues, etc.) that can be seen in this engraving. Image size of the engraving is 9 1/2 inches by 14 3/8 inches on a sheet of laid paper that measures 10 7/8 inches by17 5/8 inches. The engraving is in near fine condition: clean and bright, free of foxing. Three edges have some residue from red stain that was applied to the edges of the volume's textblock. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Seller Inventory # W2384

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Title: THE WEST PROSPECT OF CHOLMONDELEY HALL IN ...

Publisher: Colen Campbell, London

Publication Date: 1731

Binding: Single Sheet

Illustrator: Colen Campbell and Henry Hulsbergh

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Fine Art Print

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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art is both a general antiquarian bookstore and a fine art gallery. In our open by appointment shop we have 3,000 books for collectors and researchers. In the next few months all of that inventory will be listed on Abebooks; in the meantime, please feel free to make requests. We also have collectible photographs (including hundreds of stereoviews), autographs (many astronauts), original lithographs & etchings by important artists, and much more. Please feel free to inquire.

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