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WARE, ISAAC and WILLIAM KENT. The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk; Built by the Rt. Honourable Sr. Robert Walpole...Designed by Thomas Ripley. Delinated by Isaac Ware and William Kent...engrav'd by the Ingenious Mr. Foudrinier. London 1760. Large folio, 580 x 410mm. (22 3/4 x 16 1/4in.) approx., on guards, modern half calf gilt and marbled boards, uncut, washed and with old stains still visible towards edges, a few tears repaired; unboxed. Second Edition, engraved title, engraved page of dedication of the building, 10pp. letterpress description, double-page engraved estate plan and 35 numbered engraved plates on 27 sheets, 8 of them double-page.

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WARE, ISAAC and WILLIAM KENT. The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk; Built by the Rt. Honourable Sr. Robert Walpole...Designed by Thomas Ripley. Delinated by Isaac Ware and William Kent...engrav'd by the Ingenious Mr. Foudrinier. London 1760. Large folio, 580 x 410mm. (22 3/4 x 16 1/4in.) approx., on guards, modern half calf gilt and marbled boards, uncut, washed and with old stains still visible towards edges, a few tears repaired; unboxed. Second Edition, engraved title, engraved page of dedication of the building, 10pp. letterpress description, double-page engraved estate plan and 35 numbered engraved plates on 27 sheets, 8 of them double-page.