CAMPBELL, Colin (fl. 1715-1729). Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect. London: 1717-1731. Volumes I-III only, 2° (vols I-II 497 x 348mm; vol. III 462 x 295mm). Vols I-II with engraved titles in state C (vol. I with first numerals of 'II' erased, indicating 1717 issue), engraved dedication to vol. I, 159 etched and engraved architectural plates (plate 32 in vol. II appearing twice), 31 of which double-page (some folding), numbered 1-100 in each volume, all in 1717 states; vol. III with title printed in red and black, text in English and French, 73 etched and engraved plates numbered 3-100, 21 of which double-page. (Vol. I: occasional very light browning; Vol. II: occasional very minor marginal worming, a couple of double-page folding plates with edges lightly creased, very light crease to last double-page plate, light variable browning; vol. III: minor marginal worming, plates 31 and 32 with light spotting, double-page plate 91-92 torn along vertical fold without loss, dampstaining to endpapers extending through title, text leaves and into first couple of plates, also affecting last 7 plates.) Contemporary calf (worn, front covers detached). Provenance: Georg Steinmetz (20th-century ink stamp to pastedowns) -- Wasmuth Antiquariat (Berlin bookseller's ticket to vol. I).FIRST EDITIONS of vols I-II, 'arguably the most influential and original British architectural book ever published' (RIBA). This was partly owing to the conscious decision to exclude the pretty views to be found in prospect books such as Kip's Britannia Illustrata, and rely on the effectiveness of purely scientific representations. Although the text and plate list in vol. III calls for plate 101 and Harris also listing 101 plates, this was not issued in this 1731 edition (cf. RIBA 3547). Fowler 76 (vols. I-II); Harris 97 (vols I-II), 102 (vol. III); RIBA 3544 (vols I-II), 3546 (vol. III, 1725 edition). (3)

MORNING SESSION 11:00AM CONTENTS Art and Architecture lots 1-22 Antiquarian Books lots 23-116 Incunabula from the Library of André Himpe lots 56-75 Cartography lots 117-127 Travel and Topography lots 128-140 Autograph Letters and Manuscripts lots 141-169 Churchilliana lots 163-178 Property of the Late Lord Gilmour lots 177-182 AFTERNOON SESSION 2:30PM 19th- and 20th-Century Literature lots 183-204 Children's Books lots 205-213 Works by Lewis Carroll lots 212-218 Mathematics, Science & Medicine lots 214-236 Natural History lots 237-249 Illustrated Books lots 250-256 Photobooks lots 257-287 Fine Russian Children's Books from an Important Collection lots 288-351 Russian Books lots 352-387 ART & ARCHITECTURE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE CÄSAR AND RUTH PINNAU The Hamburg architect Cäsar Pinnau (1906-1988) was one of the most important and successful architects of the German post-war era. He gained international recognition for two projects completed for Aristoteles Onassis: first, the luxury yacht 'Christina' (1951); and then the slim 'Olympic Tower' (1971), encased in black glass, adjacent to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. In his hometown he became famous for a great number of graceful neo-classical residential villas on the Alster waterfront and the Elbchaussee, as well as for his yachts, for which he not only designed the interior, but -- unusually for the time -- also the exterior. For administrative and industrial buildings he developed very functional designs; and for residential architecture he orientated himself on the décor of the baroque and neo-classical periods, a unique position for the time -- decades before postmodernism -- which earned him a lifelong following from his clients. Pinnau built his last house 'Baurs Park 3', in 1986 for himself and his second wife, as a home and picture gallery for their important collection of classical landscape paintings and portraits. The house was designed for the context of its lovely grounds, a small English landscape garden overlooking the river Elbe, as a neo-classical, octagonal Belvedere. With 'Baurs Park', Pinnau finally realized a dream for himself, unifying living space, art and literature.

CAMPBELL, Colin (fl. 1715-1729). Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect. London: 1717-1731. Volumes I-III only, 2° (vols I-II 497 x 348mm; vol. III 462 x 295mm). Vols I-II with engraved titles in state C (vol. I with first numerals of 'II' erased, indicating 1717 issue), engraved dedication to vol. I, 159 etched and engraved architectural plates (plate 32 in vol. II appearing twice), 31 of which double-page (some folding), numbered 1-100 in each volume, all in 1717 states; vol. III with title printed in red and black, text in English and French, 73 etched and engraved plates numbered 3-100, 21 of which double-page. (Vol. I: occasional very light browning; Vol. II: occasional very minor marginal worming, a couple of double-page folding plates with edges lightly creased, very light crease to last double-page plate, light variable browning; vol. III: minor marginal worming, plates 31 and 32 with light spotting, double-page plate 91-92 torn along vertical fold without loss, dampstaining to endpapers extending through title, text leaves and into first couple of plates, also affecting last 7 plates.) Contemporary calf (worn, front covers detached). Provenance: Georg Steinmetz (20th-century ink stamp to pastedowns) -- Wasmuth Antiquariat (Berlin bookseller's ticket to vol. I). FIRST EDITIONS of vols I-II, 'arguably the most influential and original British architectural book ever published' (RIBA). This was partly owing to the conscious decision to exclude the pretty views to be found in prospect books such as Kip's Britannia Illustrata, and rely on the effectiveness of purely scientific representations. Although the text and plate list in vol. III calls for plate 101 and Harris also listing 101 plates, this was not issued in this 1731 edition (cf. RIBA 3547). Fowler 76 (vols. I-II); Harris 97 (vols I-II), 102 (vol. III); RIBA 3544 (vols I-II), 3546 (vol. III, 1725 edition). (3)

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CAMPBELL, Colin (fl. 1715-1729). Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect. London: 1717-1731. Volumes I-III only, 2° (vols I-II 497 x 348mm; vol. III 462 x 295mm). Vols I-II with engraved titles in state C (vol. I with first numerals of 'II' erased, indicating 1717 issue), engraved dedication to vol. I, 159 etched and engraved architectural plates (plate 32 in vol. II appearing twice), 31 of which double-page (some folding), numbered 1-100 in each volume, all in 1717 states; vol. III with title printed in red and black, text in English and French, 73 etched and engraved plates numbered 3-100, 21 of which double-page. (Vol. I: occasional very light browning; Vol. II: occasional very minor marginal worming, a couple of double-page folding plates with edges lightly creased, very light crease to last double-page plate, light variable browning; vol. III: minor marginal worming, plates 31 and 32 with light spotting, double-page plate 91-92 torn along vertical fold without loss, dampstaining to endpapers extending through title, text leaves and into first couple of plates, also affecting last 7 plates.) Contemporary calf (worn, front covers detached). Provenance: Georg Steinmetz (20th-century ink stamp to pastedowns) -- Wasmuth Antiquariat (Berlin bookseller's ticket to vol. I).

FIRST EDITIONS of vols I-II, 'arguably the most influential and original British architectural book ever published' (RIBA). This was partly owing to the conscious decision to exclude the pretty views to be found in prospect books such as Kip's Britannia Illustrata, and rely on the effectiveness of purely scientific representations. Although the text and plate list in vol. III calls for plate 101 and Harris also listing 101 plates, this was not issued in this 1731 edition (cf. RIBA 3547). Fowler 76 (vols. I-II); Harris 97 (vols I-II), 102 (vol. III); RIBA 3544 (vols I-II), 3546 (vol. III, 1725 edition). (3)

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