The domestic architecture of the reigns of queen elizabeth and james the first illustrated by a series of views of English Mansions, with brief historical and descriptive accounts of each subject.
London.
Priestley and Weale, 1833.
First edition.
8vo.
xiii, [1], 24, [2], 2pp. With 20 lithographed plates, two wood-cut illustrations in the text, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth boards, modern calf spine, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Boards rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Josceline Grove to FEP, modern typed bookseller's description tipped-in to FFEP, scattered spotting.
The sole edition of one of the earliest publications to deal exclusively with Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture, illustrated with perspective views of the exteriors of several country houses.
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref: 30999
