Early British
Designs for Gate Cottages, Lodges, and Park Entrances (1837)
in Various Styles, from the Humblest to the Castellated.48 plates (12 lithographs by Allom and Harding printed by Hullmandel, and 36 engravings).Third Edition. 4to. [1]f, iv, [24], [2](advertisments) pp. Bound in contemporary quarter maroon roan, green cloth sides, lettered in gilt on a label on the front cover and on the spine, which also has the initials "J.C.H." tooled at the foot (rubbed).London: [by R. Clay for] Henry G. Bohn,
Abbey, Life, 67. Archer 292.2. From the library of John Piper.With the 2pp advertisement leaf at the end. A number of the plates are quite heavily foxed, and there is some darkening around their margins - in consequence of the type of paper used.Originally published in parts in 1832, the "First Edition" is dated 1833, and this "Third Edition, Greatly Improved" is in essence the second, with the text reset, but the plates are the originals, untouched. The 12 designs are all in varied Tudor or castellated styles, with Pugin's Ornamental Timber Gables praised and imitated.
Stock Code: EA5046
