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Pain (William) The Builder's Companion, third edition, 88 engraved plates, 6 folding, contemporary ink signature of Thomas Boyd to head of title, light soiling, one plate with short tear (repaired), modern calf, gilt, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, [Harris 615; Millard British 48; cf.Berlin Kat. 2287, second edition], folio, for Robert Sayer, 1769.⁂ The first of several pattern books and builders' manuals produced by Pain, first published in 1758.Thomas Boyd (c.1753-1822), architect of Dumfries. "He was a competent provincial designer, usually in a somewhat old-fashioned Palladian manner". (Colvin).

Paine (James) Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses, and also of Stabling, Bridges...Temples, and other Garden Buildings..., 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers with 5 members of royalty, 123 engraved plates numbered I-LXXIV and I-CI, 53 double-page, all but one numbered as 2, vol.1 lacking title but replaced with that from second edition and text leaves mounted on wide stubs, list of plates shaved at fore-edge, plates with some light offsetting but generally clean, vol.2 with browning to margins, plate XIII/XIV shaved at sides, uniform contemporary half calf, red roan labels, rubbed, spine ends and corners repaired (head of vol.1 a little worn), [Berlin Kat.2339; Fowler 207; Harris 664; Millard British 50], folio, for the Author, [1767]-1783.⁂ Vol.1 features designs for completed buildings, mostly in the Palladian style, including Sandbeck, Axwell Park and the magnificent stables at Chatsworth. The second volume concerns later designs, many for Catholic patrons including Worksop Manor in Nottinghamshire for the Duke of Norfolk, Wardour Castle in Wiltshire for Lord Arundell, and Thorndon Hall in Essex and a house in Park Lane for Lord Petre.Despite vol.1 containing the title to the second edition of 1783 the text appears to be that of the first edition, containing the diatribe against the owner of Axwell Park and without plate LXXV of Axwell which was added to the second edition.

Palladio (Andrea) I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, 4 parts in 1, fourth edition, each part with ornate woodcut architectural title, woodcut initials and illustrations throughout, the majority full-page or near full-page, with final blanks at end of Books II & IV, Lord Holland's copy with his ink inscription "Lord Holland Venice 1814" to front free endpaper and Holland House bookplate and shelf-mark, also book-label of Joyce Cary, light water-staining to first and last few leaves, stain to D3, some light marginal soiling but overall a good copy, later vellum-backed boards, red morocco label, with ink inscription "Holland House 1815 E.V.Holland" and sketch to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, light staining to upper cover, [Fowler 215; Millard Italian 67], folio, Venice, Bartolomeo Carampello, 1616.⁂ "Andrea Palladio, author of the most studied of the architectural treatises of the Renaissance, the third great work of the sixteenth century (after Sebastiano Serlio and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola), was the most distinguished practicing architect of the second half of the sixteenth century. The most effective representative of the new principles of architecture in northern Italy, his architectural practice and his architectural theory are equally balanced in his work, offering a coherent expression in its corpus of ideas and buildings. Superior to Vignola's in richness and importance, Palladio's treatise was the most popular publication by any architect." (Millard).Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig politician who served under Lord Grey and Melbourne. He married Elizabeth Vassall in 1797 and it was presumably Elizabeth who inscribed the upper cover. Joyce Cary (1888-1957), Anglo-Irish novelist, author of The Horse's Mouth of 1944 and others.

Palladio (Andrea) The Architecture...in Four Books, edited by Giacomo Leoni, with notes and remarks by Inigo Jones, 2 vol. in 1, third edition, engraved portrait and frontispiece, title to vol.1 in red & black, 230 engraved plates on 207 sheets by J.Cole, J.Harris, B.Picart & M.Vandergucht, a few double-page, some light foxing to text of vol.2 and one or two plates with marginal stains but generally an excellent clean and bright copy, engraved bookplate of Richard Prime, contemporary diced russia with gilt ornamental border, rubbed, a few scratches, rebacked in calf, spine ruled in gilt with red roan label, corners repaired, folio, [Harris 685], folio, A.Ward and others, 1742.⁂ Lavish edition of Palladio's works. This edition contains the notes by Inigo Jones for the first time, also translations of Palladio's Antiquities of Rome and Discourse on the Fires of the Ancients which did not appear in the earlier editions.

Palladio (Andrea) Trattato di Architettura...diviso in Quattro Libri, 4 parts in 2 vol., numerous engraved illustrations, most full-page, a few double-page, stained, mostly marginal but affecting a few plates, a few tears repaired, again mostly marginal, modern half calf, spines ruled in gilt with red & green roan labels, spines slightly faded, folio, Livorno, Vignozzi, 1828.

Papworth (John Buonarotti) Rural Residences, consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings, second edition, half-title, 27 hand-coloured aquatint plates, with the final blank, frontispiece and title spotted and slightly frayed at edges, some other spotting, plate 24 torn and repaired, modern green morocco, gilt, spine gilt, Greek key gilt dentelles, [Berlin Kat. 2321; cf.Abbey Life 45, first edition], R.Ackermann, 1832 § Plaw (John) Ferme Ornée; or, Rural Improvements, 38 aquatint plates printed in sepia, tissue guards, 4pp. folio publishers' catalogue at end, wide margins, foxed, [Berlin Kat. 2305; cf.Abbey Life 48, earlier edition], old marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, uncut, spine gilt with red morocco label, I. & J.Taylor, 1796 § [Aikin (Edmund), C.A.Busby & others.] Designs and Examples of Cottages, Villas, and Country Houses..., 67 plates, 55 engraved (some aquatint), the rest wood-engraved, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and faded, spine ends worn, John Weale, 1857, 4to (3)⁂ The last is a compilation of reissued plates from Aikin's Designs for Villas and Busby's Series of Designs for Villas and Country Houses, with a few more recent designs for houses in Italianate or Gothic styles in Harwich, Brighton and London.

Parker (Thomas N.) Leaves out of the Book of a Country Gentleman, only edition, one of 100 copies, 14 double-page wood-engraved plates and 8 engraved plates on 4 sheets, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary half roan, rubbed, folio, Oswestry, W.Price, 1847.⁂ Featuring designs and plans for a wine cellar, ink stands with adjusting floats, a potato house, glass wasp traps, gates, ice houses etc.

Perrault (Claude) A Treatise of the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture, translated by John James, first edition in English, engraved pictorial frontispiece, vignette title, dedication to Earl of Pembroke, 2pp. list of subscribers, 7 plates (numbered I-VI, one unnumbered with 2 engravings) and illustrations in text, numerous charming engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials by John Sturt, 4pp. errata/advertisements bound before Preface, no pp.43/44 as correct, very light water-staining to lower edge of frontispiece and title but otherwise a crisp and clean copy, contemporary ink signature of M.Cholmeley to front pastedown and another later inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, a couple of worn patches, rebacked, red morocco label, [Fowler 248; Harris 700; Millard British 56], folio, Benjamin Motte, sold by John Sturt, 1708. ⁂ Subscribers of this important and influential work include the architects Lord Burlington, Nicholas Hawksmoor, and John Vanbrugh, as well as several bricklayers, carpenters, masons etc.

Perronet (Jean Rodolphe) Description des Projets et de la Construction des Ponts de Neuilly, de Mantes, d'Orleans...du Canal de Bourgogne..., 2 vol. including Atlas, second edition, text with half-title, one or two spots and short marginal tears, some light water-staining to upper edge, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed and scratched, head of spine and corners repaired, new red morocco label, Atlas with engraved portrait by Saint Aubin after Cochin and 75 plates, many double-page and/or folding, title slightly soiled, occasional light spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, a few minor marginal tears and repairs, modern mottled calf to match text volume, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat. 3564], folio, Paris, Didot l'ainé, 1788.⁂ Perronet (1708-1794) is regarded as the father of modern bridge building. One of the founders of the École des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris in 1747 he was responsible for some of the most revolutionary improvements in the construction of bridges. These impressive plates depict his projects at Nogent-sur-Seine, Neuilly, Sainte-Maxence and the Pont de la Concorde in Paris in addition to navigation and canal improvement projects. The work was first published in 2 folio volumes in 1782-83 and this second edition issued in 1788 with additional text and plates, prompting a folio supplement of the new material to appear in 1789 to accompany the first edition.

Peyre (Marie-Joseph) Oeuvres d'Architecture, second edition, 20 engraved plates, 8 folding, title browned at upper edge, modern straight-grain morocco-backed boards, spine ruled and titled in gilt, uncut, [Millard French 140; cf.Berlin Kat. 2417, first edition], folio, Paris, 1795.

Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de' Romani, engraved pictorial titles in Latin & Italian and portrait of Pope Clement XIII, text in Latin & Italian on facing leaves, 38 engraved plates, 8 double-page and 4 folding, engraved pictorial initials and 2 illustrations, Rome, 1761; Osservazioni...sopra la lettre de M. Mariette..., engraved pictorial title and 9 engraved plates, 6 double-page, no text (as issued), plate 1 bound upside down and with tiny scratch to image, [Paris], 1765, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, excellent impressions on thick laid paper, James Paine's copy with his ink inscription "J.Paine...Archt. Rome 1767" to title of first work and on front free endpaper, occasional light foxing to text of first work but plates very clean, contemporary half vellum, red morocco label, rubbed, spine a little worn, [cf.Millard Italian 99, second edition], folio⁂ Piranesi's lavish and erudite contribution to the Graeco-Roman debate of the period, where he illustrates the decorative inventions of the Romans, and outlines his theories regarding the originality of Italy over Greece. The second work was issued as a supplement to the first but this Paris edition was issued without text.James Paine (1717-89), architect, designer of the stables at Chatsworth and houses for several Catholic noblemen, author of Plans, Elevations and Sections of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses of 1767-83 (see lot 190).

Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner..., first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, letterpress title in red & black with engraved printer's device by Le Clerc, 72 engraved plates, one folding, engraved head-piece, woodcut initials, marginal tear to folding plate repaired, another to M3 affecting text but no loss (repaired), with photocopy of 2013 article on turning by Joseph Connors loosely inserted, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, neatly repaired, [Berlin Kat.1246], folio, Lyons, Jean Certe, 1701. ⁂ Excellent copy of the first work on woodturning or ornamental lathing.

Pozzo (Andrea) Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, both with titles and text in Latin & Italian, engraved frontispieces and 223 plates or full-page illustrations, one folding, light browning to a few plates in vol.2 but generally very clean, slight worming to upper margin towards end of vol.2 just extending into platemark of folding plate, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, corners and spine ends slightly worn, [Berlin Kat. 4725; Fowler 251; Millard Italian 107], folio, Rome, Antonio de Rossi; G.G.Komarek, 1702-1700.

Pyne (William Henry) The Costume of Great Britain, hand-coloured title-vignette and 60 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates with coloured backgrounds, some light soiling to text, first leaf of Preface torn and frayed at edges, several other leaves with marginal tears (mostly text but occasionally plates, some repaired), a well-thumbed copy but with plates clean and fresh, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., rather worn, rebacked, folio, [Abbey, Life 430], folio, 1808 [plates water-marked 1819].

Pyne (William Henry) Microcosm: or, a Picturesque Delineation of the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, &c. of Great Britain, 2 vol., aquatint frontispiece and 120 plates, some printed in sepia, some foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Abbey Life 177], oblong folio, R.Ackermann, [1822-24].⁂ Interesting survey of the trades of early nineteenth century Britain.

Ramelli (Agostino) Le Diverse et Artificiose Machine..., first edition, engraved architectural title with portrait of the author on verso, both by Léonard Gualtier, text in Italian & French, mostly on parallel leaves, all within typographical border, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, 194 fine full-page engraved illustrations numbered I-CXCV (plate CXLVIII/CXLIX numbered as two), 20 double-page, contemporary ink inscription of Jesuit college in Lyons to head of title and traces of another to foot (frayed at edges and neatly repaired), with title written in French in neat ink manuscript facing engraved title, F1 & 2 bound after G signature, tears to upper margin of t3 & 4, along edge of text to H1 & 2 (just inside border) and to Gg5 (all neatly repaired), small abrasion to engraving on O2, washed, modern vellum-backed boards, red morocco label, [Mortimer French 452], folio (c.330 x 210mm.), Paris, for the Author, 1588.⁂ A tour de force of Renaissance book-design and one of the most beautiful of sixteenth century illustrated books. Celebrated both for its text and illustrations this extraordinary work on mechanical engineering was produced so handsomely in order to prevent piracy. The majority of engravings are concerned with raising water but also feature windmills, cranes, military devices, fountains, an ornamental feature with artificial singing birds, and a reading wheel.

Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening..., first edition, half-title, 16 aquatint plates of which 10 finely hand-coloured, 9 only with overlays (of 10), 3 double-page, one folding, and 6 uncoloured (4 with overlays), wood-engraved tail-piece, rather damaged by damp causing loss to lower outer corner sometimes affecting text, double-page plate bound at p.32 with slight loss to edge of image and border at lower left side (repaired and restored in pen, ink & watercolour) but also lacking the two overlays, occasional staining to lower margin, modern half red straight-grain morocco, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, [Abbey Scenery 388; Berlin Kat. 3427; Henrey 1269], oblong folio, by W.Bulmer & Co. for J. & J.Boydell and G.Nicol, [1794].⁂ The landscape architect's first book, compiled from his famous "Red Books" which were drawn up for prospective clients and included watercolours with overlays showing before and after scenes.

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.

Rocque (John) A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, large wall map of London in 24 sheets, extending west to east from Hyde Park to Limehouse and north to south from New River Head to Walworth, an excellent example of the second edition from c.1749 with no changes to the title or imprint, but with some minor alterations to the map, such as the addition of Chesterfield House on sheet A2 (completed in 1749), engravings by Richard Parr on laid paper with large watermarks of Strasbourg Lily and with roman numeral countermarks, each sheet approx. 710 x 515 mm (28 x 20 1/4 in), if joined total map approx. 2130 x 3605 mm (83 3/4 x 142 in), faint horizontal drying creases to some sheets, many corners with small expert repairs to minor loss, other scattered nicks and small tears to marginal extremities with repairs visible verso, some even toning to sheets, but A1 and D2 slightly more browned than the others, larger repaired tears visible verso of H2, upper left corner of C2 with printed map loss replaced in pen facsimile, sheet A1 with repair verso to old splitting to drying crease, otherwise scattered spotting and surface dirt, unframed and loose, presented in modern cloth drop-back box, [Howgego 96 (2)], elephant folio, John Pine & John Tinney, 1746 [but c.1749].⁂ A magnificent and highly detailed 18th century wall map of early Georgian London. Larger than any earlier published map of the city, and a defining moment in the history of London cartography. Begun in March of 1737, upon a scale of 26 inches to one statute mile, the map would take nine years to produce.

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.

Rossi (Giovanni Giacomo de) Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque..., engraved throughout with pictorial title incorporating dedication to Cardinal Gaspari by Blondeau, frontispiece of St.Peter performing his first miracle by Manelli and 70 plates & plans by Bufalini, Collin, Venturini & others, 2 folding, [1684]; Disegni Vari Altari e Cappelle nelle Chiese di Roma..., engraved throughout with pictorial title by P.A.de Pitri after C.Ferri and 49 plates by Ferri, Specchi, Venturini & others, [c.1687], together 2 works in 1 vol., some foxing, mostly marginal, a few small stains to plates, modern red bookplate of A.C.Lascarides, eighteenth century calf ruled in gilt, rubbed, some scratches to upper cover, rebacked, corners repaired, [Berlin Kat. 2672 & 2673; Millard Italian 112 & 113], folio, Rome, Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi ⁂ Engravings of elevations, plans and interiors of Roman churches, often found bound together.

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).

Salway (Joseph) Plan of the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge, letterpress title and 30 chromolithographed plates by W.Griggs & Son, printed on both sides of thick card and mounted on stubs, light water-staining to fore-edge of a few sheets, old cloth, rubbed and a little spotted, large oblong folio, London Topographical Society, 1899-1903.⁂ The finely-detailed plates show both the plan and north elevation along the 2.5 mile road running from St.George's Hospital at Hyde Park Corner to the dividing line between Kensington and Fulham, including the Cannon Brewhouse, Knightsbridge, Kensington Gore, High Street Kensington, Phillimore Place and Earl's Court Terrace. If joined together as a panorama the plates would stretch for nearly 57 feet.

Sandrart (Joachim von) L'Academia Todesca della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura: oder Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, vol.1 only (of 2), 2 parts & supplement in 1 vol., half-title (cut down and mounted on blank leaf), engraved allegorical frontispiece, portrait, 3 part titles and 116 plates, lacking vignette title to part 2 but supplied in neat contemporary ink manuscript with pen & ink vignette, supplement with engraved title vignette, woodcut initials, engraved illustrations in text, printed in Gothic letter in double column, light water-staining to lower edge, modern half calf, red morocco label, [Millard N.European 111], folio, Nuremberg, printed by Johann-Philipp Miltenberger for Jacob von Sandrart, and Matthaeus Merian, Frankfurt, 1675.⁂ Comprehensive survey of European art up until that time by the first German art historian, including several portraits of artists; without the second volume issued in 1679.

Schillinger (Georg Peter) [Architectura civilis], no title, engraved frontispiece featuring the author supervising four carpenters at work in front of a large house by Joh.Eberhard Alber (c.570 x 330mm.) and 26 large engraved plates (c.670 x 580mm. with margins), frontispiece lightly browned, plates with occasional light foxing and a few towards end with small stain but generally clean and bright, central vertical crease from previous folding, first plate a little torn and frayed at edges not affecting image (repaired), modern half sheep, red morocco label, uncut, rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat. 2184], large oblong folio, Nuremberg, Homänn, 1745-48.⁂ Rare work with impressive and detailed plates of carpentry for timber roofing by the master carpenter and Hof-Zimmer-Meister to Karl Ludwig, Graf von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen, including an orangery for Schloss Weikersheim at Württemberg, country houses, barns, a brewery, summerhouse etc.Only a few copies are known, some with a title, others without.

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).

Bickham (George) The Universal Penman; or, the Art of Writing..., engraved throughout with frontispiece and 212 numbered calligraphic leaves including 2 titles, many including vignettes, printed on rectos only, occasional light browning, modern half burgundy morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, folio, for Robert Sayer, [?1741].

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.

Smeaton (John) A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone, second edition, engraved vignette title and 23 engraved plates & charts, title and plates lightly foxed, marginal repairs to title, plate 2 (chart of Edystone Rocks) torn but not affecting image, Cc2 torn affecting text but no loss (repaired), modern calf-backed cloth, gilt-stamped red morocco labels to upper cover and spine, [Goldsmiths' 15747], folio, 1813.⁂ Smeaton's own account of his great lighthouse, completed in 1759. His tower was the third on the treacherous Eddystone reef, 14 miles off the Plymouth coast; the two earlier timber structures, by Winstanley and Rudyard, had both been destroyed. Building with masonry, Smeaton devised an ingenious method of dovetailing and interlocking the blocks of stone to ensure maximum strength, and his example was followed for later towers. In the appendix Smeaton describes the construction of Spurn Point lighthouse on the Humber bank, which was also built to his design.

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.

Bion (Nicolas) The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments, translated and edited by Edmund Stone, 2 vol. in 1 including supplement, second English edition, 30 folding engraved plates, plate 13 torn and tear to Ee2, ex-library copy with small ink stamp to verso of title and a few other leaves, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Baillie p.145; Tardy p.36], J. Richardson, 1758 § Clare (Martin) The Motion of Fluids, Natural and Artificial..., second edition, 9 engraved plates, modern half calf, spine a little faded, for Edward Symon, 1737 § Sydenham (Thomas) The Whole Works..., fifth edition, advertisement leaf at end, browned, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, for R.Wellington, 1712, folio & 8vo (3)

Soane (Sir John) Sketches in Architecture; containing Plans and Elevations of Cottages, Villas, 43 engraved plates & plans including 26 fine aquatint views, 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, without general title, with 4pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at end (slightly smaller), contemporary ink inscription "J.Templer Lindridge" to head of first title and on front pastedown, tissue guards, some light foxing, mostly to guards or margins, small ink stain to plate XIV of the first work, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red morocco label and recornered, [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 (not present here, as in the Millard copy).

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.

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)

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.

Telford (Thomas) Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford, Atlas only, engraved portrait by Raddon after Lane, 82 engraved plates and maps numbered 1-83 (no plate 28 as called for), 20 folding and/or double-page mounted on stubs, some with routes supplied in red, some foxing, particularly to portrait, some light offsetting to double-page plates, plates 79 & 80 water-stained at head of inner margin affecting corner of plate, contemporary half russia, gilt-stamped roan label to upper cover, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked in calf, new label, folio, 1838. ⁂ Plates of the great engineer's work including canals, roads, aqueducts and bridges including the great suspension bridges over the Menai Strait and at Conway.

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.

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)

Turgot (Michel Etienne) Plan de Paris, engraved throughout with folding key map and 20 detailed maps by Claude Lucas after Louis Bretez, on thick laid paper, all double-page and mounted on stubs, maps 18 and 19 joined and folding incorporating title in elaborate cartouche (old fold reinforced), some light browning, one or two creases, a few small tears and repairs to lower edge, those in plates 6, 9 & 20 extending into image or border, plate 1 lacking tip at lower outer corner (outside plate-mark), contemporary manuscript note "1740 Ce livre apartieu a Mdelle de Caumigny" to head of front pastedown, also remains of engraved bookplate and wax seal, handsome contemporary French mottled calf with central gilt arms of the city of Paris, gilt fleurs-de-lys and double-fillet border, larger gilt fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments with fleurs-de-lys and red morocco label, rubbed, a few light stains and neat repairs to boards, edges worn, spine ends repaired (worn at foot), [Berlin Kat. 2506; Cohen-de Ricci 807; Millard French 39], folio, Paris, [c.1739].⁂ Turgot's magnificent plan of Paris comprises twenty sheets forming a single bird's-eye plan within a decorative engraved border, measuring approximately 2.5 x 3.2 metres. The extraordinary detail provides a fascinating guide to the city prior to its development by Haussmann in the 19th century.

Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da) Regola delli Cinque Ordini d'Architettura, early issue, engraved throughout with architectural title incorporating portrait of Vignola facing right, privilege, dedication and 34 plates (numbered IIII-XXXII and 5 unnumbered of doorways and a mantel), title lightly soiled with a couple of small stains, a few spots and marginal soiling, staining to last few plates with fore-edge reinforced, plate XXVII slightly torn mostly along platemark (repaired), small adhesions to plate XXXII and first unnumbered plate where once stuck to previous plate, one or two other old repairs to inner margins, engraved bookplate of Arthur William Fitzroy Somerset of Castle Goring Sussex dated 1920, early eighteenth century mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine and red morocco label, [Fowler 351; cf.Berlin Kat. 2578 & Millard Italian 144, both with 32 engraved leaves], folio (c.405 x 260mm.), [Rome], [late 1560s/early 1570s].⁂ An early issue of this influential treatise on the orders in which Vignola made the first serious attempt to form a mathematical basis for each order. Alongside Serlio and Palladio, Vignola was the third great architectural theorist of the Renaissance. His treatise was first published in 1562 or 1563 with 32 engraved leaves; this copy conforms to that of Fowler 351 (also with the five additional unnumbered plates at end).

Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da) Regola delli Cinque Ordini d'Architettura, 2 parts in 1, engraved throughout, Part I with architectural title incorporating portrait, dedication and 36 plates only numbered III-XXXVIII (lacking privilege), title defective at foot with loss to title and imprint (laid down), old ink signature "Danielis Novak " to verso and with small ink stamp to front free endpaper, plate XVIII defective at upper outer corner with some loss to image (repaired), Part II 'Nuova et ultima aggiunta delle Porte d'Architettura di Michal Angelo Buonaroti' with frontispiece (?plate XXXIX, defective at foot with loss to caption), architectural title incorporating portrait by Montano and 8 plates numbered XXXX-XXXXV and 2 unnumbered of capitals, [Berlin Kat. 2582; cf.Fowler 355], [Rome, Gio. Battista da Rossi], [c.1610] bound with Labacco (Antonio) Libro...appartenente a l'Architettura nel qual si figurano alcune notabili antiquita di Roma, engraved architectural title and 27 plates on 22 leaves only (lacking plate 17), several double-page and one folding numbered as 3, with letterpress leaf 32 description of ports, title browned & stained and torn (laid down), folding plate defective at upper edge with some loss (repaired), [cf.Fowler 167, conforms to this but for lack of any imprint to title and letterpress leaf with 75 lines rather than 70)], [?Rome, Carlo Losi], [?1773] and Montano (Giovanbatista) Tabernacoli Diversi..., engraved throughout with architectural title, portrait, preface (with portrait), dedication and 23 plates only (of 24, lacking plate 17), [Berlin Kat. 3711], Rome, 1628, together 3 works in 1 vol., some spotting and staining, later marbled boards, rubbed, repairs to spine, folio; sold not subject to return

Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da) Reigle des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture, engraved throughout with architectural title incorporating portrait and 42 plates, several with extensive contemporary ink annotations in German (in two different hands) to verso of plate concerning facing plate, title lightly soiled and creased, some light marginal water-staining or soiling, modern calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, brown morocco label, [Fowler 372], folio, Amsterdam, Justus Danckers, et se vend a Paris chez F.Jollain, [c.1700].

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.

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) Architecture ou Art de Bien Bastir, translated by Jean Martin, second edition in French, title within fine woodcut architectural border, numerous woodcut illustrations, mostly by Jean Goujon, some full-page, one folding out, 2 others folding at edge, woodcut initials and head-pieces, large printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, title and final leaf repaired at inner margin, some light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, soiled and stained, lacking ties, yapp edges repaired, [Berlin Kat. 1808; Fowler 411; Millard French 166 & 167; Mortimer French 551; Not in Adams], folio (c.350 x 230mm.), Paris, Marnef & Cavellat, 1572.⁂ A good copy of this reprint of the Paris 1547 edition with illustrations from the original blocks, mostly by Jean Goujon and the remainder taken from the Venice 1511 and Como 1521 editions.

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.

Böckler (Georg Andreas) Theatrum machinarum novum, Das ist: Neu-vermehrter Schauplatz der Mechanischen Künsten, Handelt von allerhand Wasser-, Wind-, Roß-, Gewicht- und Hand -Mühlen, second edition, title in red & black with typographic border, lacking additional engraved title, with 151 engraved plates (of 154, lacking plates 31, 32 & 108), water-stained, title torn and defective at upper corner with loss to border (repaired), plate 1 defective at outer edge with slight loss to image and final few plates torn and frayed (repaired/laid down), contemporary calf, corners worn, rebacked, rubbed, folio, Nuremberg, Christoff Gerhard for Paul Fürst, 1673.⁂ On the ingenious uses of the cog wheel in machinery from gigantic mills to the humble kitchen spit, including windmills, water -raising devices, roasting spits and paper mills.