The third volume of Vitruvius Britannicus; or, the British architect. . Containing the geometrical plans of the most considerable gardens and plantations; also the plans, elevations, and sections of the most regular buildings, not publish'd in the first and second volumes. With large views, in perspective of the most remarkable edifices in Great Britain. Engraven by the best hands in one hundred large folio plates. By Colen Campbell esquire. ... = Vitruvius Britannicus: ou, l'architecte Britannique: contenant les plans des jardins les plus considerables, aussi les plans elevations, & sections des batimens reguliers, ... par le Sieur Campbell. ... Tome III. ...
Colen Campbell (1676 - c.1729)
Category
Books
Date
1731
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3042434
Summary
Bibliographic description
12p, 100 plates . fol.. Shelved and bound uniformly with v.1-2 (1722?). Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signature (Strongitharm) illegible: 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7704; Lee's London Bookplates (1985) 193) [Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf binding; gilt fillet border; gilt tooled in each corner; six raised bands; spine gilt decorated and red spine label gilt lettered: "Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicu Vol. III.".
Makers and roles
Colen Campbell (1676 - c.1729)