Architecture

1830 WALES Illustrated by Gastineau Engravings Great Britain Castles Cathedrals
Henry Gastineau was an English engraver and prolific watercolor painter. This fine, illustrated work features views and descriptions of scenes and landmarks from around Wales including:
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Rhuddlan Castle
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Bangor
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Pont Y Glyn
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Beaumaris
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Welch Pool
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Ruthin Castle
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Bets Y Coed
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Berries
This exquisite work contains 97 illustrations throughout
Item number: #10257
Price: $499
GASTINEAU, Henry
Wales illustrated: in a series of views, comprising the picturesque scenery, towns, castles, seats of the nobility & gentry, antiquities, & c. engraved on steel from original drawings by Henry Gastineau accompanied by historical and topographical descriptions.
London: Published by Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, [1830]. 1st edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], 18- rest unpaginated
o [48] plates with 2… Read More

London: Groombridge & Sons, 1857. Second edition. Small thick xvi, octavo, pp 508, + 2 page publisher's advertisements, all edges gilt, clean and sound internally, ornate gilt decorated publisher's binding, (a "signed" binding, initialled by John Leighton), a little rubbed and worn, slightly worn at the corners, the spine slightly more worn and a little faded, neatly re-cased with original spine laid down, strengthened at the head and tail, new endpapers. Illustrated with six fine colour plates, an extra colour title page, and many engravings throughout the text, all printed and engraved by Benjamin Fawcett of Driffield. {Garden ornaments, the rockery, the aviary, the marine and fresh-water aquarium, floral ornaments for the table. the pleasure garden, the flower garden, the rockery, the fernery, the apiary, the Wardian case, other garden embellishments.]The second edition was considerably enlarged. The epitome of Victorian suburban extravagance.]. First Edition. Decorative… Read More

Describes the history of Lynchburg.'s development and architecture since the beginning of the United States. Probably the most definitive work on this subject, with over 150 photographs and over 150 illustrations. Contains maps on the end papers. The book is in virtually new condition - without faults. The Dj has some very minor shelf wear and a very small chip at the top of its front edge.

PLAN, SECTION and ELEVATION of the POO-TA-LA of TEMPLE of the LAMA at ZHE-HOL in TARTARYThis monumental temple which looks more like a fortified tower was drawn by HW Parish in 1793.This antique original copper plate engraving is from Sir George Leonard Staunton's atlas folio of prints to accompany "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China . Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney". The work was published in London by G.Nicol in 1797. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806) was dispatched to Beijing in 1792 travelling via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by George Staunton, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Stauntonâ s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassadorâ s page. On the embassy's arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to… Read More

1807 Beauties of Antiquity England CASTLES & Abbeys Wales Stonehenge Britain
John Hassell's "Beauties of Antiquity" is a finely illustrated, early 19th-century book of ancient castles and abbeys in Great Britain and Wales. It features hand-colored engravings of iconic locations including Stonehenge, Caernarvon Castle, Conway Castle, Leiston Abbey, Netley Abbey, Abbotsbury Abbey, and many others!
Item number: #18943
Price: $750
HASSELL, John
Beauties of Antiquity
London : 1807.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1
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Part I – [28], 56
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Part II – [57]-104
o 54 engravings, hand-colored
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~9.5in X 6in (24cm x 15cm)
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1856 American Architecture Houses Economic Cottage Builder Construction Plans
Charles Dwyer's "Economic Cottage Builder" is a rare, mid-19th-century architectural treaise written to instruct designers, surveyors, and builders. It contains building plans, floor plans, and impressive illustrations of homes, cottages, and buildings.

Item number: #19598
Price: $499
DWYER, Charles P
The economic cottage builder
Buffalo, N.Y. : Wanzer McKim, 1856.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 127, [1]
o 31 plates, plus illustrated title page
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Provenance: Handwritten – Edwd Miller
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative blue cloth
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Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15.5cm)
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1783 Eboracum YORK Cathedral Illustrated England Drake Architecture Windows
Francis Drake, not to be confused with the famous explorer of the same name, was an 18th-century English historian who is best-remembered for his book 'Eboracum'. Eboracum was the name given to the ancient city built by ancient Rome in what is now modern-day York. Having been fascinated by ancient manuscripts, Drake began compiling a history of the city of York focusing on the cathedral and city history. The popularity of the book propelled Drake to publish an abridged version of the work focusing solely on the cathedral itself.
This 1783 edition of Drake's history of York Cathedral includes lists of archbishops and numerous folding engraved views of the cathedral including impressive views of the façade and interior floor plan.
Item number: #20326
Price: $599
DRAKE, Francis
An accurate description and history of the cathedral and metropolical [sic] church of St. Peter, York
York : Printed by A. Ward, and sold by W.… Read More

Rare copy of this first edition. Book and unclipped dj are in 'As New' condition; no faults. First edition, presumed first printing as no other editions or printings are shown on the copyright page. XIX + 407 pages with b&w photos throughout.

From the dj: "This is the first book in English to reveal the extent to which modern architecture flourished in Romania - and is still visible as a neglected and almost forgotten past amid the contradictions of present-day Bucharest.

Luminita Machedon and Ernie Scoffham focus on Bucharest between the two world wars. They show how the Dadaist Marcel Janco and others influenced the adoption of progressive policies, including the city's Master Plan of 1934, which became one of the most forward-looking plans in Europe and served the city's administration until well after the Second World War."

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NY: Rizzoli, 1999. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Rizzoli, 1999, first printing. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 224pp., illustrated with color and b/w plates. Blind embossed gray cloth with orange titles. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.

1836 ARCHITECTURE 1ed Winkles Cathedral Churches 178 Steel Plates England Wales
Benjamin Winkles's 'Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches' is without question the best and most important early 19th-century collection of engravings of English cathedrals. These illustrations depict the iconic facades as well as the structural feats and decorative architecture inside each cathedral – columns, crypts, archways, and spires.
Item number: #23274
Price: $795
WINKLES, Benjamin
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales;
London, Tilt and Bogue, 1836-1842. First edition.
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· Collation: 3 volumes
o Volume 1 – 144
54 engravings, including engraved title page
o Volume 2 – viii, 140
55 engravings
o Volume 3 – [5], x-xvi, 160
59 engravings, plus engraved title page
o Filled with Full-page engravings throughout
· Provenance:
o Stamp – C. C. Brown
o Handwritten – Chas. C. Brown
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and… Read More

Hardbound First Edition in VG+ condition with dust jacket in G condition. Some soiling along page edges, mostly the top, otherwise an excellent copy. Dust jacket, has small chips, front and back, two tears on front, on top and bottom edge, yellowing and staining mostly on the spine. See photos for better idea of condition.
Illustrated lavishly throughout with many color reproductions, this book was undertaken with "the encouragement and counsel of Frank Lloyd Wright who generously permitted his drawings to be reproduced." Intoductory essays by Professor Giuseppe Samonà of the University of Venice, and A. Hyatt Mayor of the Metroploitan Museum of Art. Published for the Bear Run Foundation Inc. and the Edgar J. Kaufmann Charitable Foundation by Horizon Press.
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London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1921. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Elephant folios. 338; 395 pages, indexed. TWO VOLUMES. They both are listed as VOLUME I but each covers two different periods in English history (period one and period two). Hardcovers quarter bound in dark blue cloth with light blue cloth covered boards. Bindings are spotted, have scuffing, light foxing. The period one book has a gouge to the fore-edge of the rear board. The period two book has a dark stain mark at the top of the front board. All edges of text blocks are gilt. The gilt is dulled, Marbled endpapers. Text has light toning. Some pages are smudged. Photographs throughout.

First printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked; light fold on fly page – spine like new.
Jacket like new.
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This comprehensive volume documents for the first time twenty-one châteaux and pavilions commissioned by Louis XIV, France's great builder-king. These royal buildings, and over forty architectural ornaments enriching their gardens, are illustrated in breathtaking watercolors by authors Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams. Depicted are several of the most influential structures in all of Western architecture, such as the palace of Versailles and the magnificent lost complex at Marly, which contemporaries deemed a veritable "Paradise on Earth." The authors give full attention to unrealized projects and depict completed structures not as they stand today, if indeed they stand at all, but as they were originally designed by the leading architects… Read More

Signed, Inscribed, and Dated by the Authors, Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker, on the Half Title Page. This Book is in Good Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a New Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) has Light Edgewear, including Small, Light Bumps at the Bottom Fore Edge Corner and Base of the Spine which have caused Small, Light Crinkling but No Tears, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Light Edgewear, including Small, Light Bumps at the Bottom Fore Edge Corner and Base of the Spine which have caused Small, Light Crinkling but No Tears, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Binding is Strong and Intact. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked (other than the Authors' Signatures and Inscription, of course) with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has a Very Light Crease at the Bottom Fore Edge Corner of Pages 45-48 but No Tears, Stains, Mold, or Other Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage. Securely Packed and Promptly Shipped.

Stated First Edition.
Silk book cover like new, slight rubbing - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. Includes folded map of palace and gardens.
Slipcase like new, light shelf wear. No dust jacket.
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This tribute to the 17th-century imperial villa features photographs, architectural details and the history of the mansion. Includes map of the grounds.