[RIOU, Stephen (1720-1780).] The Grecian Orders of Architecture. Delineated and Explained from the Antiquities of Athens. London: J.Dixwell for the author, 1768. 2° (490 x 310mm). With the subscribers' list. Engraved title vignette, 28 plates of which 5 double-page and 3 folding, engraved head- and tailpieces. (Title and a few leaves dusty, occasional light scattered spotting and light marginal soiling, folding plates with a touch of offsetting.) Contemporary sheep-backed boards (very worn, boards detached). Provenance: William James Morley (architect, 1847-1930; pencilled signature).
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[RIOU, Stephen (1720-1780).] The Grecian Orders of Architecture. Delineated and Explained from the Antiquities of Athens. London: J.Dixwell for the author, 1768. 2° (490 x 310mm). With the subscribers' list. Engraved title vignette, 28 plates of which 5 double-page and 3 folding, engraved head- and tailpieces. (Title and a few leaves dusty, occasional light scattered spotting and light marginal soiling, folding plates with a touch of offsetting.) Contemporary sheep-backed boards (very worn, boards detached). Provenance: William James Morley (architect, 1847-1930; pencilled signature).

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[RIOU, Stephen (1720-1780).] The Grecian Orders of Architecture. Delineated and Explained from the Antiquities of Athens. London: J.Dixwell for the author, 1768. 2° (490 x 310mm). With the subscribers' list. Engraved title vignette, 28 plates of which 5 double-page and 3 folding, engraved head- and tailpieces. (Title and a few leaves dusty, occasional light scattered spotting and light marginal soiling, folding plates with a touch of offsetting.) Contemporary sheep-backed boards (very worn, boards detached). Provenance: William James Morley (architect, 1847-1930; pencilled signature).

FIRST EDITION OF RIOU'S MAJOR WORK, in which he attempts 'to devise a simple and practical modular system to describe the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders with the utmost accuracy' (RIBA). A TALL COPY. Blackmer 425; Harris 746; RIBA 2795.
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