1603 Original Engraving from the Armamentarium Heroicum/ Hand Coloured/ 1.Emmanuel Filbert Duke of Savoy
Copper engravings of arms and
armour with older hand colouring from "Der
Allerdurchleuchtigsten und Großmächtigen Kayser,
Durchleuchtigsten und Großmächtigsten Königen und Ertzherzogen
"Published in Augsburg, Baur, in 1603. Size of page approx. 45
x 31 cm (sheet). "Full-body portrait in an ornamental,
architectural frame; from Schrenck von Notzing: From a group
of copper plate engravings published in 1603 Showing a man in
armour from the so called Spanish hall, a collection of
armoury by Archduke Ferdinand, there fore considered as he
first museum catalogue ever Designed by Giovanni Battista
Fontana (1541-1587) Engraved by Dominic Custos
(1550-1615)Written by Jacob Schrenck von Notzing, the
secretary of the Archduke The Roman Catholic Archduke
Ferdinand II of Tirol (1529-1595) was an avid collector of
weaponry and armoury, that had originally belonged to all
sorts of princes and potentates. His main interest was
history, and in order to document this interest he created the
pictorial programme of the so-called "Spanish Hall" and a
collection of over 1000 portraits of European nobleman and
women. He assigned his personal secretary Jacob Schrenck von
Notzing to write a catalogue of the collection of armory
(Heldenrüstkammer) housed at Schloss Ambras near Innsbruck
which finally printed in 1601 . The magnificent catalogue
(known as Armamentarium heroicum) shows very rare examples of
armours from the 15th and 16th centuries which originally
belonged to people like the Emperor Maximilian I or Prince
Maurice of Orange. The objects themselves were displayed in
Ambras castle in a strict order. In 1582 the Antwerp born
Augsburg engraver and publisher Dominicus Custos
(1550/59-1615) started to engrave all 126 portraits after the
drawings of Giovanni Battista Fontana (1541-1587). The book is
designed so that a full-length portrait engraving of the
armour's former owner faces a page containing the biography of
the figure shown. The noble figures are all in full armour and
standing in niches with elaborate surroundings of ornamental
columns. We do however not know if the heads were portraits of
the true owner, because not one of the figures has survived,
and the engravings in the catalogue show the hero with his
helmet on the ground at his feet. Engraver Dominic Custos
(1560-1612) Artist and engraver born in Antwerp. Son of artist
Pieter Balten (or Pieter Custodis). He lived in Augsburg
starting from 1584. He published engravings in this city and
married to the widow of Bartholomaus Killian. In 1607 he went
to Praque in the service of emperor Rudolphe II. His sons
where David, Raphael and Jacob, also engravers. Technical The
engraving is probably from the 1603 edition. Impressive due to
the format and the renaissance setting. Full title:-SCHRENCK
VON NOTZING, JAKOB. Der Aller durchleuchtigsten und
grossmächtigen Kayser… Königen und Ertzhertzogen… Fürsten, wie
auch Grafen, Herren von Adel … warhafftige Bildtnussen und
kurtze Beschreibungen jhrer…fürnembsten thaten und handlungen.
Deren Waffen und Rüstungen...in der weytberümbten
Rüstkammer…in dem Fürstl. Schloss Ombras…auffbehalten werden…
elaborate full-page full-length portrait plate within
ornamental architectural frame, engraved by Dominicus Custos
after Giovanni Battista Fontana. Elaborate wood-engraved text
borders . Folio. editio princeps (in Latin) published in
Innsbruck in 1601/Augsberg 1603.
Pierre Mariette (1660-1751 ) C1690 Engraved prints Engravings Size Approx ( including margins as shown ) 13.5" X 9" ( 345 X 230 ). P Mariette produced several hundred engravings both from his own drawings and from those of his competitors. Just to make attribution fun it is labelled P Mariette when there were four of them great grandfather Pierre Mariette 1596–1657 /grandfather Pierre Mariette (1634–1716) /father Jean Pierre Mariette (1660–1742) /son Pierre-Jean Mariette (7 May 1694 – 10 September 1774). According to the National Trust these are by Pierre Mariette II (Paris 1634 - Paris 1716)which fits with paper type (their copies are disgusting condition)Actually from a booklet similar to " Fontaines et Jardins avec Sujets d'histoire tirés de la fable, inventés et gravés par J. le Pautre, en six planches " Jean Le Pautre,, born 1618 - died 1682 (etcher who worked within the French palaces including Versailles ) Jean Mariette, (publisher and engraver for first edition). Reprinted and published between 1660-1742 by Pierre II for a later edition without letters so likely to be after Le Pautre's death to avoid being sued. Jean Le Pautre or Lepautre was a French designer and engraver, the elder brother of the architect Antoine Le Pautre and the father of Jacques Le Pautre. £85 each inc delivery cheaper as a set as excess postage will be refunded
Pierre Mariette (1660-1751 ) C1690 Engraved prints Engravings Size Approx ( including margins as shown ) 13.5" X 9" ( 345 X 230 ). P Mariette produced several hundred engravings both from his own drawings and from those of his competitors. Just to make attribution fun it is labelled P Mariette when there were four of them great grandfather Pierre Mariette 1596–1657 /grandfather Pierre Mariette (1634–1716) /father Jean Pierre Mariette (1660–1742) /son Pierre-Jean Mariette (7 May 1694 – 10 September 1774). According to the National Trust these are by Pierre Mariette II (Paris 1634 - Paris 1716)which fits with paper type (their copies are disgusting condition)Actually from a booklet similar to " Fontaines et Jardins avec Sujets d'histoire tirés de la fable, inventés et gravés par J. le Pautre, en six planches " Jean Le Pautre,, born 1618 - died 1682 (etcher who worked within the French palaces including Versailles ) Jean Mariette, (publisher and engraver for first edition). Reprinted and published between 1660-1742 by Pierre II for a later edition without letters so likely to be after Le Pautre's death to avoid being sued. Jean Le Pautre or Lepautre was a French designer and engraver, the elder brother of the architect Antoine Le Pautre and the father of Jacques Le Pautre. £85 each inc delivery cheaper as a set as excess postage will be refunded
1603 Original Engraving from the Armamentarium Heroicum/ Hand Coloured/ 2.Marcantonio Colonne
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1603 Original Engraving from the Armamentarium Heroicum/ Hand Coloured/ 3.Count Miklós Zrínyi;
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1603 Original Engraving from the Armamentarium Heroicum/ Hand Coloured/ 4.Henri de Montmorencey
£85 each inc delivery. This one is remargined to the base
1736 Original Copper engravings of putti /cherubs/children by Paul Farinaste /Paolo Farinato /Putto
Architectural Detail:-Copper engravings of putti /cherubs/children by Paul Farinaste /Paolo Farinato . Printed originally in 1736. in Paris, by A. Jombert, 1736. 4to. (page size 215 x 270 mm, most plates about 170 x 125 mm). one of 30 leaves of numbered from "Diverses figures a l'eau forte de petits amours, anges vollants, et enfans, propre a mettre sur frontons portes et autres lieux. Ensemble pus.rs sortes de masques de l'invention de Paul Farinaste Italien." Written by Paolo Farinato (Ornament portraying a satyr and a putto). Engraving, 12,5x16,2 cm., "Avecprivilege" and numb. "11" in letterpress below the image within a whole page Paolo Farinati (also known as Farinato or Farinato degli Uberti; c. 1524 – c. 1606) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, active in mainly in his native Verona, but also in Mantua and Venice. These can be located in various museums but rarely come for sale,watermarked hand made laid paper. The booklet included designs for use as architectural details £95 inc postage cheaper as a set
Set of 6 classical garden /pastoral scenes
A finely engraved copperplate engraving on hand-made paper, engraved by Pierre Mariette. From Jean Le Pautre original engravings of French gardens Published in Paris: for the engraver, 1660- 1742 . £385 set delivered inc delivery
Porch /Lodge 3
from Jacobo Gibbs' "BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE" ... The engraver was Elisha Kirkall .Gibbs published the first edition of A Book of Architecture, containing designs of buildings and ornaments in 1728, dedicated to one of his patrons John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. It was a folio of his building designs both executed and not, as well as numerous designs for ornaments and including 150 engraved plates covering 380 different designs. He was the first British architect to publish a book devoted to his own designs. The major works illustrated include St Martin-in-the-Fields (including the unexecuted version with a circular nave), St Mary le Strand, the complete schemes for King's College Cambridge and the Public Building (including the Senate House) at Cambridge University, numerous designs for medium-sized country houses, garden building and follies, obelisks and memorial columns, church memorials and monuments, as well as wrought-iron work, fireplaces, window and door surrounds, Cartouche (design) and urns. unmounted £65 each inc delivery
This New Design of my Invention is most humbly Inscribed to the Rt. by Colin Campbell from Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect, Containing the Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings Both Publick and Private in Great Britain. , which was published in London in 1715-1767. (Further volumes using the successful title were assembled by Woolfeand Gandon, and published in 1767 and 1771.) Containing engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, as well asCampbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. Many are folding panoramas so subject to damage over the years all unmounted untinted . Folds as issued £285 larger than usual inc
Hampton Court, near Bodenham, Herefordshire, seat of Lord Coningesby:
Published in London in 1715-1767, detailed architectural engraving by Colin Campbell from Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect, Containing the Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings Both Publick and Private in Great Britain. , which was published in London in 1715-1767. (Further volumes using the successful title were assembled by Woolfeand Gandon, and published in 1767 and 1771.) Containing engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, as well asCampbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. Many are folding panoramas so subject to damage over the years all unmounted untinted . £135 inc delivery
Elevation to the Thames of Thomas Wyndham Esquire at Hammersmith Middlesex.
From the book 'A Compleat Body of Architecture'. by Matthias Darly, 1756 reused in some editions of Vitruvius 1773. Original engraving. Sheet size: 14 x 21 1/2 in. Published in London in 1715-1767, detailed architectural engraving by Colin Campbell from Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect, Containing the Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings Both Publick and Private in Great Britain. , which was published in London in 1715-1767. (Further volumes using the successful title were assembled by Woolfe and Gandon, and published in 1767 and 1771.) Containing engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, as well asCampbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. Many are folding panoramas so subject to damage over the years all unmounted untinted . £135 inc delivery
Black Friers bridge / 3 of Small Pox Hospital/
Copper engraving from Colen Campbell's major work, Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect... This was published using the successful title were assembled by Woolfe and Gandon, and published in 1767 and 1771.) Containing engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, as well as Campbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. All unmounted untinted smaller edition than earlier Size usually 36 x 24 cms plus marginsUncoloured/ unmounted £45 inc delivery
New River Office and front of New Newgate.
Copper engraving from Colen Campbell's major work, Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect... This was published using the successful title were assembled by Woolfe and Gandon, and published in 1767 and 1771.) Containing engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, as well as Campbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. All unmounted untinted smaller edition than earlier Size usually 36 x 24 cms plus marginsUncoloured/ unmounted £45 inc delivery
St. Peters Church at Rome
Copper engraving from Colen Campbell's major work, Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect... This was published in three volumes between 1715 and 1725. (Further volumes using the successful title were assembled by Woolfe and Gandon, and published in 1767 and 1771.) Containing engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, as well as Campbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. Many are folding panoramas so subject to damage over the years all unmounted untinted single page £145 inc delivery. .. section listed to another page. . .pair would be cheaper
Architectural Design 'by Gaetano Testolini from Palladio's drawings plXXX
Copper engraving from ' [PALLADIO, Andrea] BERTOTTI-SCAMOZZI, Ottavio. Le Terme Dei Romani Disegnate Da Andrea Palladio E Ripubblicate Con La Giunta Di Alcune Osservazioni Da Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi Giusta L'Esemplare Del Lord Co. Di Burlington Impresso In Londra L'Anno 1732.This book was released in three editions simultaneously so could be 1732 to 1735 watermark ( slight) to top edge . . . not a folio that is dissassembled any more! £125 inc delivery crease to left in image
Architectural Design 'by Gaetano Testolini from Palladio's drawings
Copper engraving from ' [PALLADIO, Andrea] BERTOTTI-SCAMOZZI, Ottavio. Le Terme Dei Romani Disegnate Da Andrea Palladio E Ripubblicate Con La Giunta Di Alcune Osservazioni Da Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi Giusta L'Esemplare Del Lord Co. Di Burlington Impresso In Londra L'Anno 1732.This book was released in three editions simultaneously so could be 1732 to 1735 watermark ( slight) to top edge . . . not a folio that is dissassembled any more! £185 inc delivery
Plate 57
From Gibbs, J. (1728 or 1739 .) A book of architecture containing designs of buildings and ornaments. London : printed for W. Innys [etc.], From a folio of 150 plates list of subscribers. Drawn by Jacobo Gibbs Architecto. engraved by Hulsbergh unmounted all perfect £85 inc delivery
Plate 23
St. Martin in the Fields Church. West End
From Gibbs, J. (1728 or 1739 .) A book of architecture containing designs of buildings and ornaments. London : printed for W. Innys [etc.], From a folio of 150 plates list of subscribers. Drawn by Jacobo Gibbs Architecto. engraved by Hulsbergh unmounted all perfect £85 inc delivery
Elevation of the West End of Tewkesbury Abbey
Copper engraving from Some account of the abbey church of Tewkesbury, intended to illustrate the plans, elevations, and sections, of that building, engraved at the expence of the society. By Thomas Amyot 1825 from the series Vetusta Monumenta (Ancient Monuments), which ran intermittently from 1718 to 1906. £65 inc delivery
Copper engraving from Colen Campbell's major work, Vitruvius Britannicus, or the BritishArchitect... This was published in three volumes between 1715 and 1725. (Further volumes using the successful title were assembled by Woolfeand Gandon, and published in 1767 and 1771.) Containing engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, as well asCampbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. Many are folding panoramas so subject to damage over the years all unmounteduntinted single page £135 inc delivery in wash lined mounts
Plate 33- 34 Inigo Jones /Flitcroft/Hulsbergh
Copper engraving from 'The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs', published by William Kent, 2 vols., 1727 edited by William Kent (c.1686-1748). Published in London: [?James Bettenham for] William Kent, 1727., vol. I, plates 70-73 and vol. II, plates 10-12 and 51-53 by Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington (1695-1753) and in vol. II, plates 58-63 by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). (A further volume, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent was published in 1744 by the architect John Vardy, an associate of Kent.) From 102 copper-plates on 97 sheets, engraved by Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (fl. 1720-1760), Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729), Antoine Herisset (d. 1769) John Cole (fl. 1720-1743) after Henry Flitcroft and William Kent, 19 double-page, 8 double-page and folding. £225 inc delivery
Plate 47- 48 Inigo Jones /Flitcroft/Hulsbergh
Copper engraving from 'The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs', published by William Kent, 2 vols., 1727 edited by William Kent (c.1686-1748). Published in London: [?James Bettenham for] William Kent, 1727., vol. I, plates 70-73 and vol. II, plates 10-12 and 51-53 by Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington (1695-1753) and in vol. II, plates 58-63 by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). (A further volume, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent was published in 1744 by the architect John Vardy, an associate of Kent.) From 102 copper-plates on 97 sheets, engraved by Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (fl. 1720-1760), Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729), Antoine Herisset (d. 1769) John Cole (fl. 1720-1743) after Henry Flitcroft and William Kent, 19 double-page, 8 double-page and folding. £225 inc delivery
Plate 41- 42 Inigo Jones /Flitcroft/Hulsbergh
Copper engraving from 'The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs', published by William Kent, 2 vols., 1727 edited by William Kent (c.1686-1748). Published in London: [?James Bettenham for] William Kent, 1727., vol. I, plates 70-73 and vol. II, plates 10-12 and 51-53 by Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington (1695-1753) and in vol. II, plates 58-63 by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). (A further volume, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent was published in 1744 by the architect John Vardy, an associate of Kent.) From 102 copper-plates on 97 sheets, engraved by Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (fl. 1720-1760), Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729), Antoine Herisset (d. 1769) John Cole (fl. 1720-1743) after Henry Flitcroft and William Kent, 19 double-page, 8 double-page and folding. £225 inc delivery
Plate 49- 50 Inigo Jones /Flitcroft/Hulsbergh
Copper engraving from 'The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs', published by William Kent, 2 vols., 1727 edited by William Kent (c.1686-1748). Published in London: [?James Bettenham for] William Kent, 1727., vol. I, plates 70-73 and vol. II, plates 10-12 and 51-53 by Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington (1695-1753) and in vol. II, plates 58-63 by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). (A further volume, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent was published in 1744 by the architect John Vardy, an associate of Kent.) From 102 copper-plates on 97 sheets, engraved by Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (fl. 1720-1760), Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729), Antoine Herisset (d. 1769) John Cole (fl. 1720-1743) after Henry Flitcroft and William Kent, 19 double-page, 8 double-page and folding. £225 inc delivery
Plate 35- 36 Inigo Jones /Flitcroft/Hulsbergh
Copper engraving from 'The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs', published by William Kent, 2 vols., 1727 edited by William Kent (c.1686-1748). Published in London: [?James Bettenham for] William Kent, 1727., vol. I, plates 70-73 and vol. II, plates 10-12 and 51-53 by Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington (1695-1753) and in vol. II, plates 58-63 by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). (A further volume, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent was published in 1744 by the architect John Vardy, an associate of Kent.) From 102 copper-plates on 97 sheets, engraved by Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (fl. 1720-1760), Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729), Antoine Herisset (d. 1769) John Cole (fl. 1720-1743) after Henry Flitcroft and William Kent, 19 double-page, 8 double-page and folding. £225 inc delivery
Plate 40- 43 Inigo Jones /Flitcroft/Hulsbergh
Copper engraving from 'The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs', published by William Kent, 2 vols., 1727 edited by William Kent (c.1686-1748). Published in London: [?James Bettenham for] William Kent, 1727., vol. I, plates 70-73 and vol. II, plates 10-12 and 51-53 by Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington (1695-1753) and in vol. II, plates 58-63 by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). (A further volume, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent was published in 1744 by the architect John Vardy, an associate of Kent.) From 102 copper-plates on 97 sheets, engraved by Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (fl. 1720-1760), Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729), Antoine Herisset (d. 1769) John Cole (fl. 1720-1743) after Henry Flitcroft and William Kent, 19 double-page, 8 double-page and folding. £385 inc delivery
S. Giorgio Maggiore in Venice Plate 61 palladio/Flitcroft/Hulsbergh
Copper engraving from 'The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs', published by William Kent, 2 vols., 1727 edited by William Kent (c.1686-1748). Published in London: [?James Bettenham for] William Kent, 1727., vol. I, plates 70-73 and vol. II, plates 10-12 and 51-53 by Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington (1695-1753) and in vol. II, plates 58-63 by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). (A further volume, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent was published in 1744 by the architect John Vardy, an associate of Kent.) From 102 copper-plates on 97 sheets, engraved by Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (fl. 1720-1760), Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729), Antoine Herisset (d. 1769) John Cole (fl. 1720-1743) after Henry Flitcroft and William Kent, 19 double-page, 8 double-page and folding. One of seven plates of Palladio's S. Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. £225 inc delivery
S. Giorgio Maggiore in Venice Plate 63 palladio/Flitcroft/Hulsbergh
Copper engraving from 'The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs', published by William Kent, 2 vols., 1727 edited by William Kent (c.1686-1748). Published in London: [?James Bettenham for] William Kent, 1727., vol. I, plates 70-73 and vol. II, plates 10-12 and 51-53 by Richard Boyle, 3rd earl of Burlington (1695-1753) and in vol. II, plates 58-63 by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). (A further volume, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent was published in 1744 by the architect John Vardy, an associate of Kent.) From 102 copper-plates on 97 sheets, engraved by Plates engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier (fl. 1720-1760), Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729), Antoine Herisset (d. 1769) John Cole (fl. 1720-1743) after Henry Flitcroft and William Kent, 19 double-page, 8 double-page and folding. One of seven plates of Palladio's S. Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. £225 inc delivery
"The Section of St Peters Church in Rome /Vol. 1: Plate 7 "
Copper engraving from Colen Campbell's major work, Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect... This was published in three volumes between 1715 and 1725. (Further volumes using the successful title were assembled by Woolfe and Gandon, and published in 1767 and 1771.) Vitruvius Britannicus was the first architectural work to originate in England since John Shute's Elizabethan First Groundes. Containing engravings of English buildings by Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, as well as Campbell himself and other prominent architects of the era. Many are folding panoramas so subject to damage over the years all unmounted untinted single page £145 inc delivery
House Design 4
from Jacobo Gibbs' "BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE" ... The engraver was Elisha Kirkall .Gibbs published the first edition of A Book of Architecture, containing designs of buildings and ornaments in 1728, dedicated to one of his patrons John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. It was a folio of his building designs both executed and not, as well as numerous designs for ornaments and including 150 engraved plates covering 380 different designs. He was the first British architect to publish a book devoted to his own designs. The major works illustrated include St Martin-in-the-Fields (including the unexecuted version with a circular nave), St Mary le Strand, the complete schemes for King's College Cambridge and the Public Building (including the Senate House) at Cambridge University, numerous designs for medium-sized country houses, garden building and follies, obelisks and memorial columns, church memorials and monuments, as well as wrought-iron work, fireplaces, window and door surrounds, Cartouche (design) and urns. unmounted £95 each inc delivery
House Design 3
from Jacobo Gibbs' "BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE" ... The engraver was Elisha Kirkall .Gibbs published the first edition of A Book of Architecture, containing designs of buildings and ornaments in 1728, dedicated to one of his patrons John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. It was a folio of his building designs both executed and not, as well as numerous designs for ornaments and including 150 engraved plates covering 380 different designs. He was the first British architect to publish a book devoted to his own designs. The major works illustrated include St Martin-in-the-Fields (including the unexecuted version with a circular nave), St Mary le Strand, the complete schemes for King's College Cambridge and the Public Building (including the Senate House) at Cambridge University, numerous designs for medium-sized country houses, garden building and follies, obelisks and memorial columns, church memorials and monuments, as well as wrought-iron work, fireplaces, window and door surrounds, Cartouche (design) and urns. unmounted £95 each inc delivery
House Design 1
from Jacobo Gibbs' "BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE" ... The engraver was Elisha Kirkall .Gibbs published the first edition of A Book of Architecture, containing designs of buildings and ornaments in 1728, dedicated to one of his patrons John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. It was a folio of his building designs both executed and not, as well as numerous designs for ornaments and including 150 engraved plates covering 380 different designs. He was the first British architect to publish a book devoted to his own designs. The major works illustrated include St Martin-in-the-Fields (including the unexecuted version with a circular nave), St Mary le Strand, the complete schemes for King's College Cambridge and the Public Building (including the Senate House) at Cambridge University, numerous designs for medium-sized country houses, garden building and follies, obelisks and memorial columns, church memorials and monuments, as well as wrought-iron work, fireplaces, window and door surrounds, Cartouche (design) and urns. unmounted £95 each inc delivery
Strawberry Hill, East Front, South Front + 2 Plans set
Antique Copper engraving from the scarce illustration to Walpole's 'Description of Strawberry Hill' (1774), Vol. II, p. 512 Etching and engraving, the sheet originally folded Size 197 millimetres x : 338 millimetres. These are being sold as a set of four inc delivery Slight watermarks to the corners out of image. They can be cleaned if wished but would lighten the paper. Original pictures were drawn by Paul Sandby and published by Vertue. £210 set inc delivery