SHAW, Henry. Details of Elizabethan Architecture. , William Pickering,. 1839.FIRST EDITION, lg.4to., pp.56; extra engraved title & 59 other engraved plates, mostly drawn & engraved by Shaw, three with delicate hand-colouring; some light dust-soiling but a sound copy in original green roan-backed crimson boards by Leighton, Son and Hodge; hinges & edges rubbed, backstrip reinforced at head & tail; bookplates of W. Harry Rylands and George Burnham Wells. The plates include many details of exterior & interior decoration from some of the great country houses - Montacute, Hatfield, Audley End & Blickling. Thomas Moule contributes an essay and Shaw the preface; the 46pp. Description of the Plates was perhaps co-written. Not recorded by Keynes. McLean VBD p.66. (Book ref. 6843 ) £ 165.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Claude Cox Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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