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Richardson (George) A Treatise on the Five Orders of Architecture, first edition, title and text in English and French, text printed in double columns, list of subscribers, 22 aquatint plates, contemporary ink signature "John Peachey 1793" to head of title, some foxing, mostly marginal but particularly affecting plate XVIII, some plates offset, old Westdean library book-label, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked preserving old red roan label, corners repaired, rubbed, [Abbey Life 58; Berlin Kat.2297; Harris 744; Millard British 68], folio, for the Author, 1787.⁂ The list of subscribers includes several architects, notably William Chambers, George Dance, Henry Holland and John Soane, as well as an array of craftsmen such as builders, carpenters, painters, plasterers, cabinet-makers etc.

Richardson (George) A Series of Original Designs for Country Seats or Villas..., 57 fine aquatint plates and plans, title and text heavily foxed and with water-stain to lower outer corner, plates mostly very clean and bright but final plate with slight mottling and staining to corners, plate IV creased, short tear to lower margin of plates XXVI & XXVII (the latter just extending into imprint), later half red roan, rubbed and stained, a few scuffs, [Harris 743], folio, for the Author, 1795.⁂ Originally issued as A Complete System of Architecture; or, A Series of Original Designs for Country Seats or Villas in 2 volumes in 1794-95, the first two parts of a projected 4 volume work with 108 plates. Only 2 volumes were published, with 57 plates as here, and are very rare, particularly the first volume dated 1794; however, this edition is also scarce and no copy seems to have appeared at auction. In addition to elevations and plans the plates depict chimneypieces, ceilings, column capitals and friezes.

Rossi (Domenico de) Studio d'Architettura Civile sopra gli Ornamenti di Porte e, Finestre tratti da alcune Fabbriche insigni di Roma..., vol.1 & 2 only (of 3), first edition, vol.1 with engraved title, architectural dedication and 139 plates, 8 double-page, also 2 leaves of letterpress, vol.2 with engraved title and 61 plates, 3 double-page, titles lightly browned but plates very clean, title and dedication of vol.1 creased with short marginal tear to title, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt in compartments and red morocco labels (not quite uniform), rubbed, spine ends worn, joints of vol.1 split, [Berlin Kat. 2681; Millard Italian 110], folio, Rome, Domenico de Rossi, 1702-11.⁂ Important survey of the architecture of 16th and 17th century Rome including the work of Michelangelo, Borromini, Bernini, Cortona and others. The first volume depicts doorways and windows, the second the interiors of chapels and churches. The third volume (not present here) mainly featured the facades and plans of churches and was published in 1721.

Rossi (Domenico de) Studio d'Architettura Civile sopra di Ornamenti di Porte e Finestre...Hohe-Schul, Burgerlicher Bau-Kunst..., edited by Alessandro Specchi engraved throughout with 2 titles (one calligraphic, one architectural) and 51 plates, 4 folding, titles and captions to plates in Italian & German, a little browned, contemporary Italian printed shelf-label and old ink manuscript note to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rather rubbed and scuffed, [cf.Berlin Kat. 2681 & Millard Italian 110, Italian edition], folio, Augsburg, J.U.Kraus, [c.1725].⁂ German edition of the first part of Rossi's 3 volume work published in Rome in 1702-21, with details of doorways, windows, staircases etc. taken from Roman buildings by Michelangelo, Bernini, Borromini, Fontana etc.

Rossi (Giovanni Battista) Palazzi Diversi nel Alma Cita di Roma, second edition, engraved throughout with pictorial title and 50 plates by Rossi after Giacomo Lauro, some light marginal soiling, a few marginal tears and repairs, modern book-labels of J.B. & Michael Bury, contemporary vellum, a little soiled and stained, cover slightly splayed, recased and repaired, [Berlin Kat. 2661; Not in Fowler or Millard], small oblong folio, Rome, G. de Rossi, 1638 [but 1655].⁂ Scarce second, greatly expanded, edition of these engravings first published in 1638 with only 22 leaves, after Giacomo Lauro's Antique urbis vestigia of 1612-28. The plates include views of the Vatican, the Farnese, Medici, Barberini and Adobrandini palaces, as well as view of St.Mark's Square in Venice and the Escorial in Madrid.

Rusconi (Giovanni Antonio ) I Dieci Libri d'Architettura, second edition, woodcut allegorical title, numerous fine woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials including illustration of water-clock on final leaf, 3 woodcuts of Vitruvian man with genitals crossed out in ink, light staining to title, very occasional spotting, upper hinge broken and lacking front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, rubbed, spine wormed, [Berlin Kat. 2603; Fowler 281; Millard Italian 120], folio, Venice, Francesco Valvasense, 1660.⁂ Important work by an assistant of Palladio, originally intended to illustrate a translation of Vitruvius. "The illustrations follow those of the 1590 edition, but the blocks in some instances are recut. Pages 144-147 contain an article, with woodcut illustrations, on sundials which is not found in the first edition." (Fowler).

Schübler (Johann Jacob) Perspectiva pes-picturae. Das ist: Kurtze und leichte Verfassung der practicabelsten Regul, zur perspectivischen Zeichnungs-Kunst, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved allegorical frontispieces and 48 plates on 47 sheets by Rentz, Böllmann & von Montalegre (plates 14 & 15 in vol.2 joined and folding), printed in Gothic letter, text in double column, light marginal soiling, stain to upper margin of D1 & plate D of vol.1 (just touching border of plate), contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked and recornered, red morocco label, [cf.Berlin Kat. 4728, second edition of 1749 & lacking plate; Not in Millard N.European], folio, Nuremberg, J.C.Weigel, 1719.⁂ Schübler's first major work, a study of geometry and perspective and how it can be applied to architectural drawing. Library Hub records only 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, and UCL).

Seller (Abednego) The Antiquities of Palmyra, first edition, long folding engraved panorama of ruins and folding engraved plate of coins, errata leaf at end, panorama lightly browned, also S gathering, otherwise clean and crisp, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, slight wear to joints, new label, [Blackmer 1523; Wing S2448], 8vo, for S.Smith & B.Walford, 1696.⁂ One of the first published accounts of the ancient city of Palmyra, discovered in 1691.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Regole Generali di Architettura, second edition, title with woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and numerous illustrations, many full-page, woodcut printer's device in large cartouche to verso of final leaf, some light marginal soiling and staining, P1 torn just touching edge of image, slight worming to upper outer corner, a few small stains and tiny holes to leaves of Q & R gatherings (neatly repaired), modern calf, red roan label, [EDIT 16 CNCE 28611; Fowler 314], folio (c.350 x 240mm.), Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540.⁂ Book IV of this important Renaissance work on the five orders of architecture, one of eight books on architecture and perspective of which only five were published in the author's lifetime, the first being this in 1537. The present work is a reset and corrected edition of the1537 edition with illustrations taken from the original blocks. Serlio's monumental work represents the first treatise on architecture in which the illustrations assumed primary importance, leading to its becoming one of the most important architectural books to disseminate knowledge of antique heritage and invention throughout Europe during the Italian Renaissance.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Libro Primo d'Architettura, second Italian edition, title with woodcut architectural border, contemporary ink inscription at foot and small wormhole to lower margin, browned, ink stain to D1v & D2r, a few other ink smudges and marginal soiling, Gio.Battista & Marchio Sessa, [1560]; Il Secondo Libro di Perspettiva, first Italian edition, large woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf (partly coloured red), Cornelio de Nicolini da Sabbio for Marchio Sessa, [1551]; Il Terzo Libro..., third edition, woodcut pictorial title with title in red & black, large woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf, Pietro de Nicolini da Sabbio for Marchio Sessa, 1551, together 3 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials and numerous illustrations and diagrams, some full-page, occasional light marginal soiling and a few small stains to Books II & III but generally clean and bright, modern etched octagonal bookplate of Ralph Kirkpatrick, eighteenth century vellum, spine titled in gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, [Fowler 306, 304 & 311; cf. Millard Italian 125], folio (c.355 x 240mm.), Venice⁂ A good set of early printings of Books I-III of Serlio's great work and including a particularly good copy of Book III. Books I & II cover geometry, perspective and stage design, Book III depicts the surviving buildings of ancient Rome and used most of the original blocks. It is curious to find mixed printings of Books I & 2 as they were issued together in both the 1551 and 1560 editions but they were obviously bound together some time ago.Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911-84), American harpsichordist and musicologist.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Extraordinario Libro di Architettura, woodcut device to title and woodcut initials, 50 engraved plates, with late 16th/early 17th century ink manuscript note to foot of title (and alteration to date) and to all plates, also ink ornamental sketch to verso of final plate and list of Spanish names to rear free endpaper, damp-staining to title, text and first & last few plates, mostly to upper outer corner, some soiling, light marginal water-staining towards end, modern limp vellum, [EDIT 16 CNCE 36440; Not in Berlin Kat., Fowler or Millard Italian], folio (c.355 x 240mm.), Venice, Giouambattista, Marchio Sessa, 1566.⁂ Very rare edition of what came to be known as Serlio's Sixth Book, not cited by Fowler in his list of printings and with only 4 copies located by Magali Vène in her Bibliographia Serliana, Paris, 2007 (3 in Paris and one in Madrid). We can trace no copy at auction."This book on gates and doors was published in 1551 in Lyon with a dedication to Henry II, probably with the hope of Serlio that he could interest the new king in becoming his patron. It provides models that combine a manneristic expression and a coarsening of Michelangelo's designs by introducing Northern strap work and the influence of the Fontainebleau school. The designs had a great influence in northern Europe, especially France, and were a source of many later books on the application of the ornament of the orders to doors and gates. The Extraordinario Libro, which was never intended to be a part of the architectural treatise, replaced Serlio's unpublished Book 6 (on habitations) in standard editions of his work, beginning with 1563. Only after 1600 was the Extraordinario Libro titled as the sixth book." (Millard French 153).

Serlio (Sebastiano) Architecturae liber septimus...Il settimo libri d'Architettura, first edition, title and text in Latin and Italian printed in double column, woodcut printer's device to title and larger version to verso of final leaf, woodcut coat-of-arms to dedication and ornaments, numerous full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink signatures of A.Tabourot with motto to title and another inscription to front free endpaper, light water-staining and worming to lower margin, some light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and soiled, [Berlin Kat. 2568; EDIT 16 CNCE 38099; Fowler 326], folio (c.385 x 250mm.), Frankfurt, A.Wechel, 1575.⁂ Scarce work published posthumously; the only separate printing of Book VII and in folio format. The book is concerned with domestic architecture, with designs for villas and palaces, chimneypieces, doors, windows etc.Etienne Tabourot (1549-90), lawyer in Dijon, poet, writer of comic works and puzzles, and bibliophile.

Serlio (Sebastiano) The first [-fift] Booke of Architecture, first English edition, mostly black letter, woodcut titles, lacking title to first book (supplied in facsimile), woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, a few double-page, with blank at end of Book II, trace of old ink inscription to foot of final leaf of Book I, some light soiling and staining, dedication and final 3 leaves defective at edges and repaired (final leaves with slight loss to woodcuts particularly penultimate leaf), a few other leaves frayed at fore-edge with occasional slight loss (repaired) and several leaves trimmed at inner margin and mounted on stubs, G2 in Book 2 torn and repaired, a few other minor tears and repairs, modern sheep with ornamental lattice in blind, rubbed, [Fowler 331; Harris 817; Millard British 74; STC 22235], folio, [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake, 1611.⁂ The first major work on architecture in English. This is the first English edition of Books I-V, translated into English from the Dutch translation of Peter Cocke published in Amsterdam in 1606. Both used the woodcut titles and illustrations from the Antwerp edition of 1553.

Sirigatti (Lorenzo) La Pratica di Prospettiva, 2 parts in1, first edition, fine engraved architectural title, 65 engraved full-page illustrations or plates including architectural title to second part, woodcut initials, large woodcut printer's device to colophon at end of first part, title slightly shaved at head (as often) and very slightly worn, washed, very light browning to a few plates, eighteenth century half vellum over speckled boards, a little rubbed, rebacked, [Adams S1224; Berlin Kat. 4700; Fowler 336, lacking a leaf and a plate; cf.Millard Italian 129, second edition of 1625], folio (c.420 X 270mm.), Venice, Girolamo Franceschi Sanese, 1596.⁂ Scarce elegant sixteenth century treatise on perspective with plates of orders, arches, Bramante's tempietto, and some complex polyhedra.

Soane (Sir John) Plans, Elevations and Sections of Buildings executed in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire etc., first edition, list of subscribers, 47 engraved plates and plans, some spotting and offsetting, final leaf of text with a few ink spatters, modern half morocco over marbled boards, [Berlin Kat. 2341a; Harris 842], folio, Messrs.Taylor, 1788.⁂ The architect's second work, illustrating eighteen designs for rural buildings, of which fifteen were actually built. While the book was in the press Soane was appointed surveyor to the Bank of England, following the sudden death of Sir Robert Taylor, thereby establishing his reputation.

Soane (Sir John) Designs in Architecture..., 37 engraved plates numbered 1-38 (penultimate plate numbered 36 & 37), some light foxing, small hole to title not affecting text, a few plates shaved at fore-edge, modern half calf, [cf.Berlin Kat. 2299 & Harris 841, 1797 edition], J.Taylor, [c.1798] § Miller (J.) The Country Gentleman's Architect, in a great variety of New Designs..., first edition, letterpress title and explanatory leaves to plates 3-15 (as issued), 31 engraved plates only (of 32, lacking plate 28), light foxing, modern half calf, [Abbey Life 38; Harris 555; cf.Berlin Kat.2302, 1791 edition], I. and J. Taylor, 1787 § [Peacock (James)], "Jose Mac Packe". Oikidia [graece], or, Nutshells: being Ichnographic Distributions for Small Villas..., Part the First [all published], first edition, 27 engraved plans, light offsetting, modern half calf, red morocco label, [Berlin Kat. 2295; Harris 694], for the Author, 1785, 8vo & 4to (3)

Soane (Sir John).- Britton (John) The Union of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting...with descriptive accounts of the house and galleries of John Soane, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece by R.Havell after P.Williams marked proof, wood-engraved title-vignette and head-pieces, 22 engraved plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, plates lightly foxed, John Sparrow's copy with his book-label and earlier bookplate of Keverstone Library Leveson Scarth, original boards, paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed and spotted, rebacked, [Abbey Life 7; Fowler 70], 4to, 1827.

Soane (Sir John) Designs for Public and Private Buildings, first edition, half-title, engraved title with vignettes and 55 plates & plans, list of plates at end, marginal soiling to a few plates and one or two minor repairs, modern half calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, [Fowler 338; Millard British 78], folio, 1828.

Soane (Sir John) Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, first edition, half-title inscribed by the author "To Sir Charles Flint from the author, with sentiments of respect, Not Published", 3 engraved plans, 12 lithographed and 2 engraved plates, some light foxing to text and first plan, plates generally clean, original boards, upper cover with paper label containing list of plates and "Not Published" in manuscript at foot, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, 4to, 1830.⁂ Scarce guide to the architect's house and museum, privately printed for presentation.Sir Charles William Flint (1777-1832), private secretary to the Duke of Wellington and under secretary of state for Ireland.

Spence (Joseph) Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men, edited by Samuel Weller Singer, first edition, one of 50 large paper copies, extra illustrated with the insertion of c.190 additional pieces including an A.L.s. from Singer to William Upcott, 2 fine large original monochrome watercolours of Strawberry Hill by an anonymous hand, and the rest engravings, mostly portraits of writers, artists and musicians etc., mainly British, many mezzotint including over 15 by James Faber after Kneller's portraits of members of the Kit-Cat Club, others by John Smith, Edward Cooper and others, some excellent fine impressions of early portraits, but most trimmed close and tipped into blank leaves, near contemporary red morocco, gilt, by Rivière, spine gilt in compartments with floral tools, g.e., a little rubbed, joints slightly worn and with some splits, folio, 1820.⁂ One of only 50 copies printed on large paper with the view to extra-illustration. Portraits include Shakespeare, Pope, Locke, Newton, Wren, Defoe, Swift, Vanbrugh, Addison, Congreve, Henrietta Maria after Van Dyck, Handel by Houbraken, Newton with the Prism after Romney, Lord Burlington & many others.

Swan (Abraham) The British Architect: or, the Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases, second edition, 60 engraved plates, some half-page with letterpress, some spotting and soiling, a few small stains, modern half calf, spine gilt with red roan label, [Harris 861], for the Author, 1750; A Collection of Designs in Architecture, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, 125 engraved plates, title with imprint amended in manuscript, light foxing, worming to lower outer corner of vol.1 just inside platemark and to upper margin of vol.2, ex-library copy with unobtrusive embossed stamp to titles and a few plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked and recornered, [Berlin Kat. 2285; Harris 867; Millard British 82], for the Author, by Mr.Brotherton...Mr.Buckland...H.Piers and partner, 1757, folio (3)

Switzer (Stephen) Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation, 3 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece, titles in red & black, 52 engraved plates (as called for in Henrey but the number varies), 16 folding, a few mounted on linen, browning to vol.2 & 3, occasional spotting, vol.2 with title & front endpapers loose and tear to P8 (repaired), later half calf, by Morrell, spines gilt, rubbed, especially joints (some split with covers becoming loose), some wear to spine ends, [Henrey 1411; cf.Berlin Kat. 3413, later edition], 8vo, for D. Browne [& others], 1718.⁂ Scarce; first edition under this title, vol.1 was essentially a reissue of The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation of 1715.

Blondel (Jacques François) De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la decoration des edifices en general, 2 vol., first edition, second issue (with Rue Dauphine in imprint and without half-title & errata), engraved allegorical frontispiece, head- & tail-pieces by Cochin, titles in red & black with engraved vignette, 155 engraved plates & plans, mostly by the author, 57 folding or double-page, engraved initials, light water-staining to plate 39 in vol.1, otherwise an excellent clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with morocco labels, [Berlin Kat. 2400; Fowler 49; Millard French 25], 4to, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-38.⁂ The first book by Blondel who greatly influenced architecture in France, and indeed Europe in general, during the period that experienced the flourishing of the Rococo and the beginnings of Neoclassicism. This book concerned the country house, its decoration and gardens.

Taylor (Brook) Linear Perspective..., first edition, engraved head-piece and 18 plates, advertisement leaf at end, title with errata slip pasted to verso and inscription erased at head, some light spotting or soiling, later bookplate of William S.Argent and signature of Charles Singer, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, for R.Knaplock, 1715 § Highmore (Joseph) The Practice of Perspective, on the Principles of Dr.Brook Taylor, first edition, half-title, 50 folding engraved plates, final leaf lacking lower outer corner not affecting text (repaired), modern half calf, for A.Millar & J.Nourse, 1763 § Gwilt (Joseph) Sciography; or, Examples of Shadows, second edition, ?large paper copy, presentation copy from the author to his brother George Gwilt Esq. inscribed at head of title, 24 engraved plates on india paper and mounted, plate 3 with small scuff not affecting image, contemporary boards, uncut, slightly stained, rebacked and recornered in morocco, 1824, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ Brook Taylor (1685-1731) was a mathematician and his work is the first general enunciation of the principles of vanishing points in English, but it proved too abstruse for contemporary artists and several later works attempted to present his ideas in simpler form.

Telford (Thomas).- House of Commons. Papers Relating to the Building a Bridge over the Menai Strait, near Bangor Ferry; &c., first edition, engraved plate and 2 folding maps with partial hand-colouring or routes supplied in colours, errata slip, plate foxed, some offsetting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio, 1819.

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.

Thomson (James) Retreats: A Series of Designs...for Cottages, Villas, and Ornamental Buildings, second edition, 41 engraved plates, 31 hand-coloured aquatints, all leaves mounted on stubs, some light offsetting from plates but plates clean and bright, John & Myfanwy Piper's copy with their book-label, with 16pp. publisher's 8vo catalogue bound in at end, modern half red morocco, spine a little faded, slightly rubbed at edges, [cf.Abbey Life 76, first edition], 4to, M.Taylor, 1840.⁂ An interesting association copy of this collection of charming designs for villas and garden buildings.

Tredgold (Thomas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Carriages, first edition, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning, folding engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, modern half morocco, uncut, 1825; The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines, Division A only (of 3: B & C being Marine & Stationary Engines), 10 parts in 1 vol., 41 engraved plates on 40 sheets, most folding, one silked, one with small tears to fore-edge, modern half morocco, 1850 § Roscoe (Thomas) The London and Birmingham Railway, folding hand-coloured engraved map dated 1839 bound as frontispiece, additional engraved vignette title and 16 plates, all on india paper and mounted, plan of Birmingham at end, illustrations, tissue guards, foxing to plates, upper hinge split, original cloth, spine gilt, rubbed and faded, Tilt, [1839]; and 7 others on railways including an 1840 Bradshaw's Railway Companion, plate vol. only of Clark's Railway Machinery of 1855 and an oblong folio volume of engravings of bridges, v.s. (10)

Blondel (Jacques François) Cours d'Architecture, ou Traité de la Décoration, Distribution & Construction des Bâtiments..., vol.1-4 & 6 of text only (of 6, lacking vol.5) and 3 plate vol. for vol.1-6, first edition, mixed set with plate vol. 3/4 & 5/6 a little taller, half-titles, errata leaves in vol.1 & 3, 377 engraved plates, many folding, light foxing to text of vol.6, marginal water-staining to plate vol.1/2, plate vol.5/6 rather soiled and stained with a few tears to folds, modern paste-paper boards, some with old paper labels, uncut, a little rubbed, split to joint of one plate vol., [Berlin Kat. 2429; Fowler 51; Millard French 29], 8vo, Paris, Desaint, 1771-77.

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Dece, translated by Bono Mauro da Bergamo and Benedetto Jovio da Comasio, commentary by Cesare Cesariano, first edition in Italian, large woodcut printer's device to title and smaller device to colophon, 117 fine woodcut illustrations including 10 full-page, woodcut historiated initials, several contemporary ink manuscript marginalia of pointing fingers or grotesques of birds, faces, bagpipes etc., cropped with a few pointers and headlines shaved, title lightly soiled, a few spots or small stains to text or margins, slight worming to lower margins, light water-staining at end, S5 torn and repaired, a few other minor marginal tears and repairs, old ink inscription "Dz Domco: Zaballi 1690" to front free endpaper, later vellum-backed boards, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed, [Adams V914; Berlin Kat. 1802; EDIT 16 CNCE 49742; Fowler 395; Millard Italian 158; Mortimer Italian 544; cf.PMM 26], folio (c.370 x 260mm.), Como, Gottardo da Ponte, 15 July 1521. ⁂ The first vernacular edition of Vitruvius. Cesarino (1483-1543) was a pupil of Bramante and Leonardo and later became architect to the city of Milan. The illustrations, many of which are also by him, include plans and elevations of Milan cathedral, believed to be the first book illustrations of Gothic architecture."The Como edition of 1521 is the first in Italian...it has splendid new illustrations...and is the most beautiful of all the early editions". (PMM).

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Dece, translated by Bono Mauro da Bergamo and Benedetto Jovio da Comasio, commentary by Cesare Cesariano, first edition in Italian, lacking C8, G2, M1&2, N8, O1 & 2 and all after R8, with 6 leaves of contents bound at end, large woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, damp-stained, mostly marginal but causing some fraying and slight loss (cleaned and repaired), ink stain to edge of a few leaves, contemporary calf with double gilt-roll borders and "Vitruvio" in gilt to upper cover, rather worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [Adams V914; Berlin Kat. 1802; EDIT 16 CNCE 49742; Fowler 395; Millard Italian 158; Mortimer Italian 544; cf.PMM 26], folio (c.435 x 290mm.), Como, Gottardo da Ponte, 15 July 1521. ⁂ A tall copy with wide margins in a once handsome binding but sadly defective and heavily damp-stained.

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) [Architettura], fragment only, lacking all before A4 (f.4) and all after M8 (f.96), with 11ff. of Index (Aa3-Bb5; Anatoni- Pariete) bound at end, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, soiled and stained, tears to C1 & E8, leaves towards end of text frayed by damp with some loss, modern boards, [?Perugia, G.Bigazzini], [?1536]; The Civil Architecture..., translated by William Wilkins, 41 engraved plates, with final otherwise blank imprint leaf, some foxing, bookplate of James O'Byrne, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked & recornered preserving old gilt spine, new label, [Fowler 429], 1812-[17]; and another later edition of Vitruvius, folio & 4to (3)⁂ A pencil note by Gibson on front pastedown of the first identifies the fragment as being from the 1536 Perugia edition but reference to Fowler 400 & Millard Italian 159 suggests that this is incorrect.

Blunt (Charles) An Essay on Mechanical Drawing..., first edition, 63 engraved plates, most with aquatint, some soiling and staining, final plate frayed at fore-edge not affecting image, contemporary half diced russia, uncut, spine ends and corners a little worn, joints split, R.Ackermann, 1811 § Martin (Thomas) The Circle of the Mechanical Arts, first edition, half-title (laid down on facing endpaper), 44 engraved plates on 39 leaves, embossed library stamp to title, some foxing and offsetting, endpapers browned, bookplate of J.L.Brenchley, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, 1813, both rubbed, 4to (2)⁂ The first is the first work in English on engineering drawing and includes fine and detailed aquatint plates of printing presses, a saw, a machine for weighing livestock, cranes, a lathe, a washing machine, self-propelled steam engine and others.

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) Vitruvius Teutsch. Nemlichen des...Romischen Architecti...Zehen Bücher..., translated by Walther Ryff, first edition in German, title in red & black, Gothic letter, numerous woodcut illustrations by Peter Flötner, Virgil Solis, Georg Pencz, Hans Brosamer and Erhard Schön, some full-page, woodcut initials by Hans Springinklee, near contemporary ink inscription "Monasterÿ Weimgartensis Anno 1602" to head of title with small ink stamp at foot, with several woodcuts and a few initials with contemporary hand-colouring, mostly at beginning, some light browning or marginal soiling but generally a good clean copy, tears to lower margin of 3I2 (extending into woodcut and a few lines of text) & 3R3 with tape stains from old repairs, modern bookplate of Dr Max Kirmis and later ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, contemporary blind-stamped alum-tawed pigskin with clasps, rubbed and soiled, spine with short tear at head and lacking portion at foot, a couple of small holes to lower cover repaired, straps of clasps renewed, recased, new endpapers, [Adams V913; Berlin Kat. 1810; Fowler 404; Millard N.European 133], folio (c.305 x 200mm.), Nuremberg, Johan Petreius, 1548.⁂ The woodcut illustrations are mainly based on those in the Como edition of 1521 (see lot 277).

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus).- Philandrier (Guillaume) In decem libros M.Vivtruvii Pollonis de architectura annotationes, first edition, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, illustrations and diagrams, title with contemporary ink inscription, staining to title and preliminaries but text very clean, old German library bookplate, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed and stained, lacking clasps/ties, old repairs to spine, [EDIT 16 CNCE 34749; Fowler 402], 8vo (c.155 x 100mm.), Rome, G.A.Dossena, 1544.⁂ Scarce first edition of Philandrier or Philander's commentary of Vitruvius, later issued accompanying Vitruvius's actual text in Strasbourg in 1550 in 16mo and in De Tournes' enlarged 4to format in Lyons in 1552 (see notes to Millard French 165). "Philander's work is at once a learned study and a practical manual of architecture, incorporating the methods of both the humanists and architects...Philander's notes would be cited almost without exception by every Vitruvius commentator and translator, from the date of its first appearance until the nineteenth century". (Millard).

Vredeman de Vries (Jan) Architectura, Das ist: Bauw-kunst bestähnde in Fünfderley ahrt der Gebauwen...., engraved pictorial title and 30 double-page plates by Hondius, 8 leaves of text only on the orders (?complete, no pagination but with erratic signatures), leaf on Tuscan order smaller and mounted on stub (?from another edition as different woodcut head-piece), 1628; Perspectiva, Das ist: Kunst dess Augenmatz und Absehens..., edited by Samuel Marolois, engraved pictorial title and 80 double-page plates by Hondius mounted on stubs, 1629, together 2 works in 1 vol. (the second work bound first), both titles with letterpress text on slips pasted over French titles, text browned, occasional marginal soiling but plates generally clean, contemporary vellum with yapp edges, slightly soiled and stained, [cf. Berlin Kat. 2221 & 4704; Millard N.European 62 & 140], folio, Amsterdam, J. Jansson

[Ware (Isaac)] The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk; the Seat of the Rt. Honourable Sr. Robert Walpole, first edition, engraved title and 28 engraved plates and plans, most by Fourdrinier after Ware (to designs by Ripley and Kent), 9 double-page mounted on stubs, one or two a little browned, light damp-staining and fraying to lower outer corner just touching edge of a few plates (repaired), the Earl of Orrery's copy with contemporary ink inscription "Orrery 1745" to front free endpaper with shelf-marks, contemporary mottled calf with ornate gilt corner-pieces of urns, coronets and stars, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine in compartments and red morocco label, corners repaired (with some loss to gilding), [Berlin Kat. 2231; Harris 911; cf.Millard British 88, third edition], folio, I. Ware, 1735.⁂ The first monograph devoted to the architecture of a British country house. Houghton Hall was built between 1720 and 1735 for Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745, later 1st Earl of Orford) with the proceeds from his sale of South Sea Company shares. It is the greatest extant example of Palladian domestic architecture in England; the simplicity and rationality of Palladianism appealed to Whig politicians like Walpole who were then in power. Colen Campbell, James Gibbs, William Kent, Thomas Ripley and Isaac Ware were all involved in the project at one point or another. John Boyle, fifth Earl of Cork and fifth Earl of Orrery (1707-62), writer and friend of Swift, Pope and Johnson.

Ware (Isaac) A Complete Body of Architecture, first edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title in red & black with engraved vignette of Pantheon, engraved head-piece and 114 plates, a few folding, light staining to frontispiece and title, slight worming to lower margin, small ink stain to plate 27, tear to lower margin of 2N1, 6F1 & 2 bound in wrong order, modern calf-backed boards preserving old red morocco label on spine, a little rubbed, scratch to upper cover, [Berlin Kat. 2283; Fowler 436; Harris 906; Millard British 87], folio, T.Osborne & J.Shipton, 1756.

[White (John)] Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the Western Part of London, by the formation of the Regent's Park, the New Street, the New Sewer &c. &c., second edition, 9 folding engraved plates and plans, 7 hand-coloured or partly so, first plan with short split to fold, later ink inscription of W.Henry White A.R.I.B.A. to head of title, some light foxing and offsetting, 1815 bound with Brief Remarks on the Proposed Regent's Canal. By an Observer, March 1812, 22pp., J. Hatchard, 1812, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplate of Ronata Ryall, old marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine slightly faded, 8vo

Whittock (Nathaniel) The Decorative Painters' and Glaziers' Guide, third edition, 102 lithographed plates, 46 hand-coloured, some heightened with gum arabic, one or two with slight adhesions from old tissue guards, some foxing and soiling, mostly to text, title creased and frayed at fore-edge, broken, contemporary cloth, rubbed and stained, new morocco label, spine split, [cf.Abbey Life 81, first edition], 4to, 1832. ⁂ Influential work on the practices of interior decoration, expanded from the first edition of 1827, and including instructions on artificial wood and marble paint finishes, mural painting, stained and painted glass etc. At the end are 16 supplementary plates of different marbles.

Wijnblad (Carl) Ritningar På Fyratio Wåningshus..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, folding letterpress table, 25 double-page engraved plates mounted on stubs, contemporary ink inscription of G.Wrangell to title and foot of frontispiece, worming to frontispiece, title and first couple of leaves, plates with light browning to central folds and a few small ink stains, original wrappers, titled in ink on upper cover, rubbed and stained, spine defective, 4to, Stockholm, 1755.⁂ Plans and elevations for Swedish mansions; a second part was published the following year.

Wilme (Benjamin P.) A Hand-Book for Mapping, Engineering and Architectural Drawing..., first edition, folding frontispiece, additional zincograph title, 42 lithographed or engraved plates and maps, 16 folding, several hand-coloured or partly so, one with tracing paper overlay, illustrations, some light foxing, one or two small tears to folds, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with red roan label, for the Author, 1846; and 2 others by the same, 4to (3)

Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Remarques sur l'Architecture des Anciens, first edition in French, half-title, engraved frontispiece, a crisp and clean copy, engraved circular bookplate of Henry Terry, contemporary tree calf, rather worn, upper cover almost detached, Paris, Barrois, 1783 § Donaldson (Thomas Leverton) A Collection of...Doorways, from Ancient Buildings in Greece and Italy, first edition, list of subscribers, 26 engraved plates, a few with partial hand-colouring, some light foxing, contemporary half calf, spine a little faded, 1833 § Tatham (Charles Heathcote) Etchings, Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture; Drawn from the Originals in Rome, and other Parts of Italy, during the Years 1794, 1795, and 1796, third edition, 102 etched plates by Tatham (with 47* but no 101), ink signature of Walter E. de Souza to head of title, very light browning to a few plates, late 19th century half morocco, new endpapers, [Fowler 342, first edition of 1799], 1810 § Chambers (Sir William) A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture..., fourth edition, 62 engraved plates, 53 double-page and mounted on stubs, some light browning or soiling, mostly to text, old cloth, rebacked and recornered in calf preserving old label, 1826, all rubbed, v.s. (4)

Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart, engraved panorama extending over 3 plates and 56 engraved plates & plans, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, 1753; The Ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria, 47 engraved plates & plans, 11 double-page and folding, engraved inscription to text, 1757, together 2 vol. in 1, first editions, most plates by Fourdinier or Thomas Major after G.B.Borra, some light foxing or browning, particularly to central fold of second work, light water-staining to lower margin of a few plates, most notably plate XII of Balbec (also with short tear to margin), handsome modern half vellum, spine titled in gilt and with elaborate gilt tooling, slightly rubbed at lower edges, [Berlin Kat. 1884 & 1887; Blackmer 1834 (French edition) & 1835; Fowler 443 & 444; Harris 939 & 936; Millard British 92 & 93], folio⁂ Handsomely-bound pair of works, the result of the author's travels in the Levant in 1750-51 accompanied by the draughtsman Giovanni Battista Borra. The "Ruins of Palmrya...was by all accounts a triumph such as no English architectural book had ever before achieved. Here was the first of a new breed of archaeological works presenting the results of on-the-spot investigations of ancient monuments, with ostensibly accurate measured drawings of the ruins, precise descriptions of the state in which they were discovered, and exact copies of what inscriptions there were". (Harris).

Wotton (Sir Henry) The Elements of Architecture, first edition, with initial blank, woodcut head-piece and initials, B4 a cancel, contemporary ink calculation to margin of one leaf (slightly shaved), title lightly soiled, spotting towards end, initial blank, title and first leaf of Preface frayed at fore-edge (repaired), Q1 torn and repaired, modern calf ruled in blind, [Fowler 445; Harris 948; Millard British 95; STC26011], small 4to, John Bill, 1624.⁂ The first work on architectural theory to be published in English, written by the retired ambassador to Venice in the hope of being awarded the provostship of Eton College. Wotton knew that the appointment would be decided by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, a patron of architecture and the arts, and wrote his pamphlet to improve his chances of selection over several rivals including Francis Bacon, presenting special copies to the King, the Prince of Wales and other notable figures. The scheme achieved its aim and he was selected, and despite the haste in which it was produced the work displays learning and connoisseurship. Wotton "was the foremost exponent of Renaissance architectural theory in England and the expositor...of the unpublished ideas of Inigo Jones". (Harris).

Zabaglia (Niccola) Castelli, e Ponti...con la Descrizione del Trasporto dell'Obelisco Vaticano...del Domenico Fontana, first edition, engraved frontispiece of the author demonstrating pulleys and title-vignettes, title, preface leaf and text in Italian & Latin (on facing pages printed on one side only), 54 engraved plates, 4 double-page and/or folding and mounted on stubs, a good clean copy, modern calf-backed speckled boards, spine gilt with red calf label, spine a little rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2755; Millard Italian 166], folio, Rome, Niccolo & Marco Pagliarini, 1743.⁂ Account of Zabaglia's engineering feats and equipment, particularly in the construction of St.Peter's Basilica in Rome; with a description of Fontana's transportation of the Vatican obelisk, one of the greatest engineering feats of the Renaissance and a project requiring some 900 men, 150 horses and 47 cranes.

Zeiller (Martin) Topographiae Galliae, oder Beschreibung und Confrafaitung der vornehmsten...Frankreich, 13 parts in 2 vol., first edition, additional engraved allegorical title, Gothic letter,18 folding engraved maps and 304 plates & plans by Caspar Merian, 83 folding or double-page mounted on stubs, some browning to text (mostly vol.2) but plates and much of text very clean, modern calf, spines ruled in gilt with red morocco labels, [Millard N.European 84-92], folio, Frankfurt, Caspar Merian, 1655-61.⁂ An almost complete set of this magnificent topographical work, lacking only some engraved titles and a handful of plates, and including panoramas, birds-eye and other views of Paris and other cities and towns.

Z[eiller] (M[artin]) Topographia Germaniae inferioris. Das ist Beschreibung und Abbildung der der Vornehmsten Stätten Vöstungen und Ohrter...in den XVII Niederlandischen Provintien..., ?second edition, engraved allegorical title (no letterpress title), Gothic letter, 12 double-page engraved maps and 108 plates & plans by Caspar Merian mounted on stubs, 43 double-page or folding, title and text lightly browned, plates clean and bright, two modern bookplates, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, rubbed, corners and head of spine slightly worn, [Millard N.European 83, 1670 edition], folio, Frankfurt, Caspar Merian, [?1659].⁂ With folding panoramas of Amsterdam, Leiden, Rotterdam and others and all other plates as listed except for view of Lille. Millard points out that this appeared in the first edition only.

Zonca (Vittorio) Novo Teatro di Machine et Edificii per varie et sicure operationi, second edition, title with woodcut architectural border, 42 full-page engraved illustrations, old ink inscription to title and with a couple of contemporary ink marginalia, some light spotting and water-staining at end, Bibliotheca Mechanica book-label, modern morocco-backed paste-paper boards, spine faded, slip-case, [Berlin Kat. 1775], folio, Padua, Francesco Bertelli, 1621.⁂ Interesting work with fine plates of machines such as cranes, mills, and hydraulic devices but also for paper-making, printing and spinning. It contains the first illustration of a gig-mill for raising nap on cloth.

Bosse (Abraham) La Pratique du Trait a Preuves de Mr Desargues...Pour la Coupe des Pierres en l'Architecture, first edition, 2 additional engraved titles (one to plates) and 114 illustrations on 58 leaves, lacking dedication (2 leaves with first engraved), first engraved title lightly browned and with small ink stamp to foot, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, spine worn at head, [Berlin Kat. 2540; Fowler 55; Millard French 32], 8vo, Paris, Pierre Des-Hayes, 1643.⁂ Textbook on the geometric methods for cutting stone, particularly for vaulting, which was derided by masons who wished to keep to their traditional practices.

Brees (Samuel Charles) The Portfolio of Rural Architecture, a Series of Drawings in the Italian Style, for Villas, etc..., first edition, 16pp. text (stitched), 15 hand-coloured lithographed plates loose as issued, final plate slightly torn and creased at one corner, ex-Donaueschingen library copy with old ink oval stamp to title and another to front pastedown, original roan-backed embossed cloth folder with ties, upper cover titled in gilt, rubbed, spine a little worn and torn, [Not in Abbey], folio, 1841.⁂ According to Hugh Pagan, "the rarest British colour plate architectural pattern book of the first half of the nineteenth century". Catalogue 36, item 16, 2000. Six designs are featured: the first five each with two plates, one depicting a view and another with elevations and plans; the final design for "a fashionable villa reisdence" has 5 plates of two views, plans, and two of elevations. Library Hub records 3 UK copies (BL, University of Wales and V & A) although the last has a slightly different title and is dated 1843. WorldCat lists 3 more of the 1843 edition. Brees is more well-known as an engineer and author of Railway Practice of 1837-40 (see previous lot).

Brettingham (Matthew) The Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Holkham in Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Leicester, to which are added, the Ceilings and Chimney-pieces..., second edition, 66 engraved plates & plans on 65 sheets, 7 folding and/or double-page, without the 4 additional plates sometimes found at end (as in the Millard copy), old ink signature of John P.Boileau to head of title and another later pencil inscription "James Fletcher Watson 18 April 1957", a few plates lightly browned or with marginal soiling but generally clean, some lightly water-stained at upper edge, contemporary half calf, uncut, rubbed, spine worn at foot, [Berlin Kat. 2336; Harris 48; Millard British 8], folio, T.Spilsbury for B.White and S.Leacroft, 1773.⁂ Greatly enlarged second edition of this architectural record of Holkham Hall, Norfolk, the seat of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, built by Brettingham to designs by William Kent under Lord Burlington's supervision. It was first published in 1761 in a similar format to Isaac Ware's work on Houghton Hall (see lot 285), but omitted to mention Kent as the architect. After Brettingham's death in 1769 his son Matthew issued this second edition in which he admits that Holkham was designed by William Kent, and not his father as had been claimed in the first edition. It includes many more plates, mostly of ceilings and chimney-pieces.Sir John Peter Boileau, Bt., FRS, DL, JP (1794-1869), of Norfolk, archaeologist.James Fletcher-Watson (1913-2004), watercolourist and architect.

Britton (John) The History and Description with Graphic Illustrations of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire: the Seat of the Earl of Essex, first edition, one of 170 copies, this one of 150 on small paper, presentation copy inscribed "To Allan Cunningham Esq. from the Author as a mark of esteem July 24 38" on slip mounted on front pastedown, list of subscribers, 2 engraved portraits of the author on one sheet (not called for in list of plates) and 20 engraved plates & plans, some aquatint, some soft-ground etching, 4 after Turner and 5 after Pugin, 8 wood-engraved vignettes of estate cottages to title and as head- & tail-pieces, title lightly foxed, plates with light foxing and marginal water-staining, bookplates of John Cheape and ?C.Mallord W.Turner, original cloth, rubbed and water-stained, rebacked in cloth, [cf.Abbey, Scenery 412, large paper copy], folio, Chiswick Press for the Author, 1837.⁂ Neither the list of plates nor Abbey call for the 2 portraits of Britton but Abbey also lists mezzotint portraits of George Earl of Essex and George Viscount Malden & Lady Eliz. Capel. These were presumably only issued with the large paper copies.Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scottish poet and author.

Buchanan (Robertson) Practical Essays on Mill Work and other Machinery, edited by George Rennie, 2 vol. including Atlas (8vo & folio), third edition, 64 engraved plates on 42 sheets, one folding, foxing, text modern half morocco, Atlas contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rubbed and stained, 1841 § Rankine (W.J.Maquorn) The Cyclopaedia of Machine and Hand-Tools...and an Essay on the Puddling of Iron by St.John Vincent Day, first edition, 100 plates, many double-page, 2 folding letterpress tables, some light foxing, hinges broken, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1869 § Engineer and Machinist's Assistant (The), 2 vol. including plate vol., plate vol. with title in engraved decorative border, engraved plates, many double-page, some foxing, a few browned, bookplate of John William Pease, contemporary half roan, rubbed, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, 1854 § Engineer and Machinist's Drawing-Book (The), engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 70 plates on 68 leaves, 2 double-page, 2 printed in colours, modern green morocco-backed cloth, red roan label, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, 1864, v.s. (6)

[Burke (Edmund)] A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, third edition, R. & J. Dodsley, 1761 § Price (Uvedale) An Essay on the Picturesque, second edition, tear to N1, for J.Robson, 1796 § Knight (Richard Payne) An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste, second edition, 1805 § Gilpin (William) Three Essays: on Picturesque Beauty; on Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape: to which is added a poem, on Landscape Painting, third edition, half-title, 14 engraved plates, 8 aquatint, 7 hand-coloured or tinted, most trimmed and folding, offsetting, contemporary calf, gilt, scuffed, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, 1808; Practical Hints upon Landscape Gardening, first edition, 16 lithographed plates, advertisement leaf at end, some plates pasted back to back, broken, bookplate of Lord Gwydyr, ink stamp of Fred.W.Campbell, original boards, uncut, ink inscriptions to upper cover, rebacked (defective at head), splits to joints, 1832, occasional foxing, the first three all modern half calf, spines ruled in gilt with roan labels, 8vo (5)

Busby (Charles Augustine) A Series of Designs for Villas and Country Houses. Adapted with economy to the Comforts and to the Elegances of Modern Life, first edition, half-title, 24 engraved plates and plans printed in sepia, 14 aquatint, staining to endpapers and edge of half-title, original boards, uncut, stained and a little worn, rebacked in cloth, [cf.Abbey Life 10, 1835 edition], 4to, J.Taylor, 1808.

[Cabinet du Roi].[Les Vues des Maisons Royales et des Villes conquises par Louis XIV], first edition, 47 etched and engraved plates & plans by Israel Silvestre, Jean Marot, Sebastien le Clerc and others (3 full-page, 26 double-page and 18 also folding), all mounted on stubs, a few spots, mostly marginal but one or two affecting image of Stenay plate, some light marginal soiling but generally very clean, modern Artium Genio bookplate, handsome contemporary French red morocco, covers with gilt roll borders and ornamental star-shaped centrepiece, spine gilt in compartments with eight raised bands and green morocco label, g.e., rubbed, spine a little faded and worn at ends, [Berlin Kat. 2474; Millard French 47], folio, Paris, [1668-82].⁂ A handsome copy of this spectacular collection of plates from volumes 4 and 14 of the Cabinet du Roi, formed by Colbert to record the glories of Louis XIV. The magnificent plates depict royal chateaux, important civic structures or huge birds-eye views of towns conquered by France, including the Louvre, Palais Royal, Arc de Triomphe, Vincennes, Fontainebleau, and Monceau.

Campbell (Colen), Woolfe (John) and James Gandon. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., vol.1-2 ?later editions, vol.3-5 first editions, engraved titles in all but vol.3 (that printed in red & black), vol.1 & 2 both with title to vol.2 and with text correct in each volume but plates exchanged (i.e. plates to vol.1 in vol.2 and vice versa), all titles in English and French but text in English only in vol.1-3, engraved dedications in all but vol.2 & 3, lists of subscribers in vol.2-5, 491 engraved plates on 388 sheets only (of 493 on 390, lacking double-page plates of Standlinch and Sandon in vol.5 and without the double-page plate of Umberslade at end of vol.3 but not called for), including 97 double-page plates and one quadruple, a few printed on thicker paper, occasional spotting or light browning but generally clean, final few plates of vol.4 with stain to upper margin (concealed with portion of paper to final 2 plates), vol.1-4 contemporary russia, gilt, spines gilt, rubbed, a few scuff and gouges, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, vol.5 contemporary half calf, worn, [Berlin Kat. 2329; Fowler 76, vol.1-4 only; Harris ?100 & 945; Millard, British 10 & 94], [1725]-25-67-71 with Richardson (George) The New Vitruvius Britannicus, 2 vol., first edition, titles and text in English & French, 142 fine aquatint plates and plans on 115 sheets, 27 double-page, titles and one or two text leaves a little browned, a few plates in vol.1 with small stain, contemporary half calf, uncut, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines, [Abbey Life 60; Millard British 70], 1802-08, folio (7)⁂ Campbell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England. Rare to find all 7 volumes together, the later Richardson volumes are particularly scarce.

[Carter (John)] The Builder's Magazine: or Monthly Companion for Architects, Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers, &c., first edition, 184 engraved plates only (of 185, plate LXVII supplied in facsimile), 2 hand-coloured, 11 folding, with 8pp. 'Correct List of Prices...' from 1788 edition bound in at end, title lightly spotted, a little marginal foxing or staining but plates mostly clean, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine tooled in blind with calf label, [Goldsmiths' 11121; Harris 67], 4to, for the Authors...sold by F.Newbery, 1774.

Adam (Robert) Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia, first edition, printed on thick paper, engraved frontispiece and 60 plates on 54 leaves by Francesco Bartolozzi, [Francesco, Antonio & Giuseppe] Zucchi, Francis Patton, Paolo Santini and others, 14 double-page and/or folding, list of subscribers, title lightly soiled and with faint trace of stamp removed from verso at foot, occasional spotting or faint browning to plates, one or two shaved at edges, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, spine ruled and titled in gilt, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat 1893; Fowler 2; Millard British 1; Harris 4], folio, for the Author, 1764.⁂ Superb architectural record of Diocletian's palace at Split, inspired by the success of Wood's Ruins of Palmyra which had established Wood's reputation and which Adam hoped to emulate. The plates were mostly drawn by Charles-Louis Clérisseau who acted as Adam's tutor and guide to Roman architecture.