A Complete Body of Architecture
London: Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, in the Gray's Inn, J. Hodges, near London Bridge, L. Davis, in Fleetstreet, J. Ward, in Cornhill, and R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1756. Hardcover. Oversized, missing front and rear covers, brown leather spine with 6 raised bands, 9-748 pp, (20) pp, 122 pages of engraved plates with several being fold-out. Fair (missing covers,missing frontispiece and title page, missing pages prior to page 9, expected age toning throughout, spine is split, plate 1 is loose, appears all plates are here but many are wrongly numbered or double numbered, pages 13-22 are torn appx 4 inches down from the top,). Item #191111
Includes a table of the plates, errata and a table of contents. Isaac Ware's important comprehensive overview of Georgian architectural theory and practice. This work covers nearly every imaginable element of architectural design. 16x10x3"
OCLC: 1447745
Price: $2,400.00