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WARE, Isaac (d. 1766). The Complete Body of Architecture. Adorned with Plans and Elevations, from Original Designs. London: Printed for T. Osborne, J. Shipton, et al., 1756.
2o (420 x 254 mm). Title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece, engraved headpiece, 114 engraved plates (14 folding). (Some occasional spotting, a few plates creased, a few nicks along edges of plates.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, some light wear to covers).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE OF THE PLATES, with the plate numbers within the plate line and with plate 70/71 reading "Warwick Shire." Ware's Complete Body provides a comprehensive overview of Georgian architectural design theory and practice. His intention, as written in the preface, is "... to lay down in one body the whole science of architecture, from its first rudiments to its utmost perfection; and that in a manner which shall render every part of it intelligible to every reader..." (p.[vii]). Berlin Kat. 2283; Fowler 436.
2o (420 x 254 mm). Title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece, engraved headpiece, 114 engraved plates (14 folding). (Some occasional spotting, a few plates creased, a few nicks along edges of plates.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, some light wear to covers).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE OF THE PLATES, with the plate numbers within the plate line and with plate 70/71 reading "Warwick Shire." Ware's Complete Body provides a comprehensive overview of Georgian architectural design theory and practice. His intention, as written in the preface, is "... to lay down in one body the whole science of architecture, from its first rudiments to its utmost perfection; and that in a manner which shall render every part of it intelligible to every reader..." (p.[vii]). Berlin Kat. 2283; Fowler 436.