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RICHARDSON, George (c.1736-c.1813). A Book of Ceilings composed in the style of the antique grotesque. London: for the author, 1776. 2° (521 x 364mm). Engraved dedication and 48 hand-coloured engraved plates, including one double-page. (Lacking one leaf: 'Address to the Public', very minor dust soiling to outer margins, 2 plates with minor watercolour spot to margin.) Contemporary tree calf, roll border to covers, spine richly gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, all edges gilt (upper board loose, lower board rubbed). Provenance: Count de Penha Longa (amorial stamp to boards). A COLOURED COPY.
RICHARDSON, George. A Book of Ceilings... London: 1776. 2° (521 x 364mm). Engraved dedication and 48 engraved plates, including one double-page, the first six plates being proofs before letters, with manuscript corrections in a fine contemporary ?authorial hand. (Title-page and secondary title dust soiled with ink stains to former, minor light spotting to dedication, occasional dust soiling to top margin of plates, without the text leaves.) Contemporary half calf (worn and rubbed, spine largely lacking, boards loose). Provenance: Thomas Leverton Donaldson (1795-1885, signature dated 1830) -- Edward A. Grunning (inscription, 1885). FROM THE LIBRARY OF A CO-FOUNDER THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. Considered as 'the father of the profession' Donaldson was President of the R.I.B.A. in 1863-64 and was awarded their Royal Gold Medal in 1851. This was Richardson's first work, and the neoclassical designs clearly show the influence of the Adam brothers for whom he worked for several years. RIBA 2752; Harris 735; Colvin p.315. (2)
RICHARDSON, George. A Book of Ceilings... London: 1776. 2° (521 x 364mm). Engraved dedication and 48 engraved plates, including one double-page, the first six plates being proofs before letters, with manuscript corrections in a fine contemporary ?authorial hand. (Title-page and secondary title dust soiled with ink stains to former, minor light spotting to dedication, occasional dust soiling to top margin of plates, without the text leaves.) Contemporary half calf (worn and rubbed, spine largely lacking, boards loose). Provenance: Thomas Leverton Donaldson (1795-1885, signature dated 1830) -- Edward A. Grunning (inscription, 1885). FROM THE LIBRARY OF A CO-FOUNDER THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. Considered as 'the father of the profession' Donaldson was President of the R.I.B.A. in 1863-64 and was awarded their Royal Gold Medal in 1851. This was Richardson's first work, and the neoclassical designs clearly show the influence of the Adam brothers for whom he worked for several years. RIBA 2752; Harris 735; Colvin p.315. (2)
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