Original Designs in Architecture: Consisting of Plans, Elevations and Sections, for Villas, Mansions, Town-Houses &c., and A New Design for a Theatre, with Descriptions, and Explanations of the Plates, and an Introduction to the Work by James Lewis

Lewis, James [1751-1820]

Published by Printed for the Author, 1780

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London: Printed for the Author, 1780. Folio, xiii, 1/4 black leather over marbled boards with 20 (of 22) plates, with parallel title and text in English and Italian, two-page Subscriber list and seven page explanation of the plates. VOL I ONLY of this scarce architectural monograph, a collection of facades and floor plans for villas, townhouses and mansions. 3" closed tear to outer margin of Preface page, plates xiv and xv interposed, and lacking plates xxi and xxii; minor soiling and foxing to plates, else VG.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1711467607516

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Original Designs in Architecture: Consisting of Plans, Elevations and Sections, for Villas, Mansions, Town-Houses &c., and A New Design for a Theatre, with Descriptions, and Explanations of the Plates, and an Introduction to the Work by James Lewis
• Publisher: Printed for the Author
• Publication Date: 1780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good