Lot 266
Thomas (William) Original Designs in Architecture, first edition, 27 fine engraved plates, 2 hand-coloured, for the Author, 1783.
Hammer Price: £5,000
Description
Thomas (William) Original Designs in Architecture, first edition, list of subscribers, 27 fine engraved plates, 2 hand-coloured (slightly shorter), an excellent clean copy in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked in morocco preserving old red morocco label and recornered, [Berlin Kat. 2294; Harris 878; Millard British 85], folio, for the Author, 1783.
⁂ Containing elegant neoclassical designs for villas, temples, a grotto, ceilings, and chimney-pieces, all strongly influenced by Robert Adam, and with the 2 plates of ceilings delicately hand-coloured which is not always the case. The list of subscribers includes several architects such as Adam, Sir William Chambers, S.P.Cockerell, George Dance, Henry Holland, James Stuart, and James Wyatt.
Description
Thomas (William) Original Designs in Architecture, first edition, list of subscribers, 27 fine engraved plates, 2 hand-coloured (slightly shorter), an excellent clean copy in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked in morocco preserving old red morocco label and recornered, [Berlin Kat. 2294; Harris 878; Millard British 85], folio, for the Author, 1783.
⁂ Containing elegant neoclassical designs for villas, temples, a grotto, ceilings, and chimney-pieces, all strongly influenced by Robert Adam, and with the 2 plates of ceilings delicately hand-coloured which is not always the case. The list of subscribers includes several architects such as Adam, Sir William Chambers, S.P.Cockerell, George Dance, Henry Holland, James Stuart, and James Wyatt.
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