Lot 190
Plaw (John) Rural Architecture; or Designs, from the Simple Cottage to the Decorated Villa, 62 plates on thick paper, 1802.
Hammer Price: £150
Description
Plaw (John) Rural Architecture; or Designs, from the Simple Cottage to the Decorated Villa, second edition, aquatint frontispiece and 61 aquatint plates & engraved plans printed in sepia on thick paper, some light soiling, mostly marginal, frontispiece with marginal tear and holes repaired, plate 5 torn at fore-edge just into plate but not affecting image (repaired), modern half calf, uncut, spine slightly faded, [cf. Abbey Life 47 & Berlin Kat. 2296, 1794 edition], 4to, 1802.
Description
Plaw (John) Rural Architecture; or Designs, from the Simple Cottage to the Decorated Villa, second edition, aquatint frontispiece and 61 aquatint plates & engraved plans printed in sepia on thick paper, some light soiling, mostly marginal, frontispiece with marginal tear and holes repaired, plate 5 torn at fore-edge just into plate but not affecting image (repaired), modern half calf, uncut, spine slightly faded, [cf. Abbey Life 47 & Berlin Kat. 2296, 1794 edition], 4to, 1802.