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Designs For Farm Buildings With A View To Prove That The Simplest Forms May Be Rendered Pleasing And Ornamental By A Proper Disposition Of The Rudest Materials
by Robinson, Peter Frederick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Orig. quarter roan and green cloth with front cover inset -- leather label printed in gilt. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1837. Third edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter roan and green cloth with front cover inset -- leather label printed in gilt. Very good. Folio, 30 x 25 cm, 22 printed leaves and fifty-six full-page lithograph plates. First published 1830. ARCHER 291.3 "Altogether there are 25 designs, in four different styles that he felt were particularly `useful': Old English, Italian, Swiss and Rustic ........ Each design is illustrated in one or more the lithographed plates, which contain plans, elevations, and views." Robinson, inspired by Price, was the first practicing architect to call for preservation and restoration of vernacular structures for their picturesque value. ABBEY LIFE 64. Scattered, intermittent foxing, mostly in the margins. A firm, tight copy.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17901
- Title
- Designs For Farm Buildings With A View To Prove That The Simplest Forms May Be Rendered Pleasing And Ornamental By A Proper Disposition Of The Rudest Materials
- Author
- Robinson, Peter Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. quarter roan and green cloth with front cover inset -- leather label printed in gilt. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- Art Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; New Arrivals; Art Reference;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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