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. 3082339

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)

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.

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Sir William Chambers Kt (Göteborg 1723 - London 1796)

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