HALFPENNY, WILLIAM. A New and Compleat System of Architecture Delineated, in a Variety of Plans and Elevations of Designs for Convenient and Decorated Houses...London: for John Brindley, 1749. Oblong 4to, 209 x 256mm. (8 3/16 x 10 1/8in.), contemporary half calf, rebacked, fragments of the original spine laid down (with later gilding), corners restored, scattered light foxing, slight offsetting to the second folding plate; unboxed. [4], 26 pages text, 47 engraved plates, of which 2 folding, of plans, elevations, and designs of gateposts, engraved by Parr after Halfpenny. | Christie's

Lot 25

HALFPENNY, WILLIAM. A New and Compleat System of Architecture Delineated, in a Variety of Plans and Elevations of Designs for Convenient and Decorated Houses...London: for John Brindley, 1749. Oblong 4to, 209 x 256mm. (8 3/16 x 10 1/8in.), contemporary half calf, rebacked, fragments of the original spine laid down (with later gilding), corners restored, scattered light foxing, slight offsetting to the second folding plate; unboxed. [4], 26 pages text, 47 engraved plates, of which 2 folding, of plans, elevations, and designs of gateposts, engraved by Parr after Halfpenny.

Details

HALFPENNY, WILLIAM. A New and Compleat System of Architecture Delineated, in a Variety of Plans and Elevations of Designs for Convenient and Decorated Houses...London: for John Brindley, 1749. Oblong 4to, 209 x 256mm. (8 3/16 x 10 1/8in.), contemporary half calf, rebacked, fragments of the original spine laid down (with later gilding), corners restored, scattered light foxing, slight offsetting to the second folding plate; unboxed. [4], 26 pages text, 47 engraved plates, of which 2 folding, of plans, elevations, and designs of gateposts, engraved by Parr after Halfpenny.

Provenance

Sir Francis Hopkins, bookplate.