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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.
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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 (410 x 250 mm). Title-page printed in red and black. Engraved title vignette, engraved frontispiece, engraved headpiece, 113 (of 114) engraved plates (14 folding) (lacking plate 95, some occasional spotting, a few plates creased, a few nicks along edges of plates, plate at p. 404 with tear affecting image). Modern quarter calf, contemporary marbled boards (some minor rubbing along edges). Provenance: Charles Kirk (bookplate).
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 (410 x 250 mm). Title-page printed in red and black. Engraved title vignette, engraved frontispiece, engraved headpiece, 113 (of 114) engraved plates (14 folding) (lacking plate 95, some occasional spotting, a few plates creased, a few nicks along edges of plates, plate at p. 404 with tear affecting image). Modern quarter calf, contemporary marbled boards (some minor rubbing along edges). Provenance: Charles Kirk (bookplate).
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.