The Artist's Repository and Drawing Magazine, exhibiting the Principles of the Polite Arts in their various Branches Vol I. Heads of a Second Set of Lectures on the Polite Arts.

Fitzgerald, F

Published by Printed for C. Taylor, 1786

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Printed for C. Taylor Holburn 1786 1st edn hardback. Volume I. Polished calf. 5 raised bands. Morocco title label to spine. Some scuffing. Boards firm. No names. Bottom of first title page excised. iv, pp228. 51 (and a half!) of 56 plates present. Many folding. Tere are 9 plates on the Priciples of Landscape, Perspective plates I-XV (XV part-excised), Architecture plates I-XVI, Plan of St Paul's, West Front St Paul's, Progress of the Doric order, (2 plates), Front of St Peter's at Rome, Disposition of a Heathen Temple, View from the Portico of the Pantheon at Rome, Perspective elevation f the Pantheon, Plan of the Pantheon, Tuscan column, Military/Rostal column at Rome, Outside View of the Portico of the Temple of Concord (with repair to rear). Binding firm throughout. 2 plates tatty/grubby as not folded correctly so sitting proud of page-block. Text/plates generally bright/clean with just the odd mark/spot, mostly to margins. A fair copy. 750gm-postage/tracking to be agreed for order outside UK thanks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Artist's Repository and Drawing Magazine, exhibiting the Principles of the Polite Arts in their various Branches Vol I. Heads of a Second Set of Lectures on the Polite Arts.
• Publisher: Printed for C. Taylor
• Publication Date: 1786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair