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Pain's British Palladio: or, The Builder's General Assistant
by Pain, William and James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Modern marbled boards, quarter black calf, raised bands, green leather spine label lettered in gilt. Fine
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: William and James Pain, 1786. First edition. Hardcover. Modern marbled boards, quarter black calf, raised bands, green leather spine label lettered in gilt. Fine. (ii) + 14 pages. Folio, 45 x 28.5 cm, Forty two engraved plates. William Pain 's last book, assisted by his son James, the later became a pupil of John Nash and a practicing architect in Ireland. This was one of the few 18th century pattern books to enable the experienced builder to follow a design through from groundwork to execution. It devotes one third of its plates to four complete designs for town houses, the rest to their fixtures and fittings. Pain's works were very influential in spreading the Adamesque as a vernacular style, especially in America. . ARCHER. 239.1. COLVIN. pp.606-607. SCHIMMELMAN. 97. WIEBENSON. III-C-24. Scattered light foxing to a few plates, most are generally clean.
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24097
- Title
- Pain's British Palladio: or, The Builder's General Assistant
- Author
- Pain, William and James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Modern marbled boards, quarter black calf, raised bands, green leather spine label lettered in gilt. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William and James Pain
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1786
- Keywords
- Design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Fine
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- Folio
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