Lot 2
Architecture.- Soane (Sir John) Sketches in Architecture; containing Plans and Elevations of Cottages, Villas, bound with Parkyns's Six Designs for Improving and Embellishing Grounds, 1793
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Architecture.- Soane (Sir John) Sketches in Architecture; containing Plans and Elevations of Cottages, Villas, 43 engraved plates & plans including 26 fine aquatint views, light damp-staining throughout, Messrs. Taylor, 1793 bound with Parkyns (George) Six Designs for Improving and Embellishing Grounds..., 11 engraved plates, I. & J.Taylor, 1793, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, with general title, with 4pp. publisher's catalogue loose at end, light spotting, bookplate of Charles Sterling to front pastedown, modern half morocco, gilt, label to spine, uncut, [Berlin Kat. 2304; Harris 844; Millard British 77], folio.
⁂ As usual including Parkyns's Six Designs for Improving and Embellishing Grounds... The works were issued either separately or together, sometimes with a general title mentioning both.
Description
Architecture.- Soane (Sir John) Sketches in Architecture; containing Plans and Elevations of Cottages, Villas, 43 engraved plates & plans including 26 fine aquatint views, light damp-staining throughout, Messrs. Taylor, 1793 bound with Parkyns (George) Six Designs for Improving and Embellishing Grounds..., 11 engraved plates, I. & J.Taylor, 1793, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, with general title, with 4pp. publisher's catalogue loose at end, light spotting, bookplate of Charles Sterling to front pastedown, modern half morocco, gilt, label to spine, uncut, [Berlin Kat. 2304; Harris 844; Millard British 77], folio.
⁂ As usual including Parkyns's Six Designs for Improving and Embellishing Grounds... The works were issued either separately or together, sometimes with a general title mentioning both.