Examples Gothic Architecture Selected Antient by Pugin Willson E J (3 results)

Hardcover. Quarto, viii, 66 pages, [75 plates]. In Good minus condition. Half green leather and marbled paper boards, with gilt-lettered light brown leather spine labels. Boards show significant wear to corners and edge, splitting to leather along joints, moderate plus wear to edges and to boards overall. Boards slightly bowed. Tear to marbled end papers along front gutter, and front board and spine leather have pulled away from text block (but still attached). Text block has light age toning to edges, and moderate plus foxing to plates throughout interiorly. One prominent damp stain to frontispiece engraving. Volume I of a three-volume set, only. Shelved Room A Oversized. EH Consignment. 1381644. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1831 and 1830. Quarter green leather at spine with leather tips, green cloth boards, five raised bands, gilt titles and decorations, red leather spine label. . Examples of Gothic Architecture, 66 pages, 73 plates. A Series of Views, by Joseph Nash, with letter-press descriptions by W.H. Leeds, 22 glorious full plage plates and 20 pages of text. Light foxing throughout, with title page of first part heavier foxing. Book is oversize and weight and will require additional postage. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. The second edition, with corrected plates, complete in three hardback volumes. 4to (30cm by 24cm), xviii, 66pp; xxiv, 63pp; xvii, 93pp. 223 plates (75 in volume 1, 72 in volume 2, 76 in volume 3). Uniformly and attractively bound in half brown crushed morocco, purple cloth boards, gilt titling and raised bands to the spines, marbled page edges and endpapers. Boards rubbed, bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume, scattered foxing of the contents, gift inscription to each volume. Overall, this is a good to very good set in attractive, solid bindings.