Lot 147

Ware (Isaac) The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk, first edition, Sold by C.Fourdrinier [&c.], 1760.

Hammer Price: £1,400

Description

Ware (Isaac) The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk, first edition, engraved title and dedication leaf, 5ff. letterpress with ink prices, double-page geometrical plan and 27 plates/plans numbered 1-35 mounted on stubs, 8 double-page, also with engraved bookplate of the Earl of Orford and illustrated slip "Published by I.Ware" on pastedown, occasional foxing and soiling, a few plates shaved, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, rubbed, corners worn, folio, [Harris 912; Millar II 88; cf.Berlin Kat. 2332, 1735 edition], Sold by C.Fourdrinier [&c.], 1760.

⁂ Another copy, sold by Bloomsbury in 2011, had the same Orford bookplate and Ware slip; this copy also with later bookplate of Thomas Weld-Blundell. A manuscript note on front blank reads "The prices of the paintings as marked in this catalogue is taken from the European Magazine for February 1782 which observes that these prices was paid to the Earl of Orford by the Empress Catherine of Russia, exactly as they stand in this book, and that the Editor was favor'd with the account by Alderman Boydell."

Description

Ware (Isaac) The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk, first edition, engraved title and dedication leaf, 5ff. letterpress with ink prices, double-page geometrical plan and 27 plates/plans numbered 1-35 mounted on stubs, 8 double-page, also with engraved bookplate of the Earl of Orford and illustrated slip "Published by I.Ware" on pastedown, occasional foxing and soiling, a few plates shaved, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, rubbed, corners worn, folio, [Harris 912; Millar II 88; cf.Berlin Kat. 2332, 1735 edition], Sold by C.Fourdrinier [&c.], 1760.

⁂ Another copy, sold by Bloomsbury in 2011, had the same Orford bookplate and Ware slip; this copy also with later bookplate of Thomas Weld-Blundell. A manuscript note on front blank reads "The prices of the paintings as marked in this catalogue is taken from the European Magazine for February 1782 which observes that these prices was paid to the Earl of Orford by the Empress Catherine of Russia, exactly as they stand in this book, and that the Editor was favor'd with the account by Alderman Boydell."

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