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MIDDLETON, Charles (1756-ca 1818). The Architect and Builder's Miscellany, or Pocket Library; Containing Original Picturesque Designs in Architecture... London: Printed for the Author, 1799.
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MIDDLETON, Charles (1756-ca 1818). The Architect and Builder's Miscellany, or Pocket Library; Containing Original Picturesque Designs in Architecture... London: Printed for the Author, 1799.
8o (180 x 112 mm). Title-page and 2 leaves of text. 60 etched plates (55 hand-colored) (some occasional spotting). Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original spine).
FIRST EDITION of Middleton's work illustrating numerous architectural examples, including those for huts, cottages, manors, chapels, stables, gates and lodges, military columns, bridges, and aviaries. Each example contains both an elevation illustration and an architectural plan. Middleton intended his Pocket Library "...as an Assistant to the Professional Man, and a Guide to the Public in a choice of buildings; and I trust, my endeavoring, by the variety, novelty, and elegance of the Designs, to make the Work equally acceptable to the Profession, the Man of Taste, and the Public in general..." ("Address to the Public," p.[v]).
8o (180 x 112 mm). Title-page and 2 leaves of text. 60 etched plates (55 hand-colored) (some occasional spotting). Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original spine).
FIRST EDITION of Middleton's work illustrating numerous architectural examples, including those for huts, cottages, manors, chapels, stables, gates and lodges, military columns, bridges, and aviaries. Each example contains both an elevation illustration and an architectural plan. Middleton intended his Pocket Library "...as an Assistant to the Professional Man, and a Guide to the Public in a choice of buildings; and I trust, my endeavoring, by the variety, novelty, and elegance of the Designs, to make the Work equally acceptable to the Profession, the Man of Taste, and the Public in general..." ("Address to the Public," p.[v]).