THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS.: or the Art of Designing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrated with Upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, Neatly Engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-six Plates

Langley, Batty

Published by Printed for and sold by S. Harding, London, 1745

About this Item

22 pages, 201 plates ( 2 plate 144). engraved by Thomas Langley, dated 1739 & 1741. Brown calf, with 4 raised band to spine, black title label, with gilt titling, marbled endpapers.Some bumping, wear to covers, splits to spine, tear at tail, previous owner's names to front endpaper and first page, no title page or prelims., small tears to some plates, small paint blob to plate 86, 1.5 inch loss to centre of plate 98, small loss to margin of plate 168, general age toning to pages. This is the scarce second edition with additional 14 plates, not found in the first edition of 1740 (Colvin 354/355). [805/16300] Size: 285mm. x 235mm. Seller Inventory # 016300

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S...

Publisher: Printed for and sold by S. Harding, London

Publication Date: 1745

Binding: Calf

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Second Edition.

Book Type: Book