A Practical Treatise of Perspective, On the Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor
Published by Leigh, Sotheby and Son, London, 1803
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.R Bryan Old Books
AbeBooks seller since September 7, 2021
Condition: Used - Good
£ 1,885.26
Quantity: 1 available
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Art, architecture. 2 blanks, TP, xii, 316 pages, errata page, 2 blanks. Frontis ("Tanto CheBasta") and forty plates (I to XL, as listed in the main volume) bound in a separate matching volume. Large paper edition (22.5cm x 27.5cm) with generous margins. Half-leather covers, leather spines and corners scuffed and worn with minimal loss, paper worn away on the edges, chips on the rear cover of the main volume. Second blank of the first volume is partially detached, but the binding of both volumes are firm. Vintage owner names inside both front covers, on the title page of the main volume, and on the frontis plate in the supplement volume, otherwise the interiors are un-marked. All pages foxed, but not heavily. Very scarce first edition.
Seller Inventory # 016568
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Practical Treatise of Perspective, On the Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor
- Author
- Edwards, Edward
- Publisher
- Leigh, Sotheby and Son, London
- Publication year
- 1803
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Half-Leather
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
R Bryan Old Books
Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since September 7, 2021
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