Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils. . Engraved by the best hands, from the originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, architect, ... To which is annexed, a description of their temples, houses, gardens, &c.
Sir William Chambers Kt (Göteborg 1723 - London 1796)
Category
Books
Date
1757
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3082339
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],19,[1]p.,XXI plates . fol.. Ms. sketch plan of Chinese junk: 'from gunnel to gunnel 8'6"' opposite plate 17, depicting Chinese junks, one of which is hand-coloured. Hand-coloured lithograph loosely inserted at rear. 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 calf; blue 'marbled' effect paper over boards.
Makers and roles
Sir William Chambers Kt (Göteborg 1723 - London 1796)