The Civil Architecture of Vitruvius Comprising Those Books Of The Other Which Relate To The Public and private Edifices of the Ancients Translated By William Wilkins.With An Introduction Containing An Historical View Of The Rise And Progress Of Architecture Amongst The Greeks
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. Hardbound. Blue library cloth with simple title and call number on spine. lxxvi, 282 pp., 41 total plates. Good+, perforation stamp to tile page, tiny amount of old cellophane tape on bottom left of title-page; every plate has asmall circular ink stamp in one corner, the condition of the individual plates runs from clean and crisp to moderately foxed and smudged. Few small tears to 2-3 pages. Library stamp at top and bottom of text block, so essentially a very nice reading and reference copy. Item #125215
The book is bound into four books, or sections. The plate count is as follows: Section 1: 14; Section 2: 13; Section 3: 9; Section 4: 5. Withdrawn stamp and barcode on rear free endpaper (which has been replaced from the original when the book was re-bound). A nice, tight copy that will serve well.
Price: $575.00