GIBBS, James (1682-1754). A Book of Architecture, containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments, London: [n.p.], 1728. 2° (510 x 341mm). 150 engraved plates, 4 double-page, by Harris, Hulsbergh, Mynde, Vertue and others after Gibbs, list of subscribers. (Occasional unimportant spotting, mostly in the top margins.) Contemporary panelled calf, double gilt line-border round sides (rebacked with a gilt spine). FIRST EDITION - another appeared in 1739. Fowler p.118: 'These designs of Gibb's had a great influence in the United States as well as England for about one hundred years. A copy was in the library of Thomas Jefferson'; Berlin Katalog 2270.

GIBBS, James (1682-1754). A Book of Architecture, containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments, London: [n.p.], 1728. 2° (510 x 341mm). 150 engraved plates, 4 double-page, by Harris, Hulsbergh, Mynde, Vertue and others after Gibbs, list of subscribers. (Occasional unimportant spotting, mostly in the top margins.) Contemporary panelled calf, double gilt line-border round sides (rebacked with a gilt spine). FIRST EDITION - another appeared in 1739. Fowler p.118: 'These designs of Gibb's had a great influence in the United States as well as England for about one hundred years. A copy was in the library of Thomas Jefferson'; Berlin Katalog 2270.