Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British architect, . containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private, in Great Britain, with variety of new designs; in 200 large folio plates, ... in II volumes ... by Colen Campbell Esqr. = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou l'architect Britannique, contenant les plans elevations, & sections des bâtimens reguliers, ... en deux tomes. ... par le Sieur Campbell. ...
Colen Campbell (1676 - c.1729)
Category
Books
Date
1722
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141880
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., (12;12p, 100;100 leaves of plates) . ill.. . fol.. Shelved and bound uniformly with v.3 (1731). 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 Britannicus Vol. I. [-II.]".
Makers and roles
Colen Campbell (1676 - c.1729)