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WOTTON, Sir Henry (1568-1639). The Elements of Architecture, Collected by Henry Wotton Knight, from the best Authors and Examples. London: John Bull, 1624.
4° (180 x 145mm). B4 in uncancelled state, woodcut initials. (Lacking first blank, minor old dampstaining and soiling in first leaves.) Old sheep (rebacked). Provenance: P.A.Robson (recent signature).
FIRST EDITION. Wotton's first publication and the FIRST THEORETICAL WORK ON ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLISH. Wotton based his work on first-hand observations of buildings abroad and acquaintance with some of the greatest patrons of Italian architecture: "he was the foremost exponent of Renaissance architectural theory in England and the expositor, it has been said, of the unpublished ideas of Inigo Jones." Cf. E. Harris, British Architectural Books and Writers 1556-1758 (1990), pp.499-503. Fowler 445; STC 26011.
4° (180 x 145mm). B4 in uncancelled state, woodcut initials. (Lacking first blank, minor old dampstaining and soiling in first leaves.) Old sheep (rebacked). Provenance: P.A.Robson (recent signature).
FIRST EDITION. Wotton's first publication and the FIRST THEORETICAL WORK ON ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLISH. Wotton based his work on first-hand observations of buildings abroad and acquaintance with some of the greatest patrons of Italian architecture: "he was the foremost exponent of Renaissance architectural theory in England and the expositor, it has been said, of the unpublished ideas of Inigo Jones." Cf. E. Harris, British Architectural Books and Writers 1556-1758 (1990), pp.499-503. Fowler 445; STC 26011.