Buy this book on-line Langley, Batty : THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS.: or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrated with Upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, Neatly Engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-six Copper PlatesPrinted for and sold by S. Harding, London, 1745
285mm. x 235mm.. 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). [667/16300]. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Calf Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Langley, Batty : THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS.: or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrated with Upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, Neatly Engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-six Copper Plates. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Langley, Batty : THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS.: or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrated with Upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, Neatly Engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-six Copper PlatesPrinted for and sold by S. Harding, London, 1745
290mm. x 240mm.. 22 pages (lacking pp. 17/18), 200 plates. engraved by Thomas Langley, dated 1738/9 & 1741. Brown calf, with 5 raised bands to spine, blind tooled decoration to boards, gilt titling to spine, later endpapers.Some bumping, wear to covers, split to spine at head, blind stamp of Derek Gair-Gibson to front endpaper, a previous owner has bound in copies of the title page and prelims.(4 leaves), but copied the first edition details., small tears to some plates, pp 1-4 repaired, as are supplementary plates 11-14, some marginalia, 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). [680]. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Calf Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Langley, Batty : THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS.: or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrated with Upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, Neatly Engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-six Copper Plates. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Langley, Batty : THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS.: or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrated with Upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, Neatly Engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-six Copper PlatesPrinted for and sold by S. Harding, London, 1750
280mm. X 235mm.. 22 pages,199 plates ( lacking plate 14). engraved by Thomas Langley, dated 1739 & 1741. Rebacked brown calf, with 5 raised band to spine.Some bumping, wear to covers, previous owner's 1833 signature to front endpaper, lacking pages i & 1/2, repairs to title page and some plates, some inked notes, mainly to verso of plates, tear to plate 2, general age toning to pages. This is the scarce second edition with additional 14 plates, not found in the first edition of 1740 (Harris 451, Colvin 354/355). [725]. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Calf Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Langley, Batty : THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS.: or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrated with Upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, Neatly Engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-six Copper Plates. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, collectables, livres illustrées, first editions and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |