Sketches in architecture; . containing plans and elevations of cottages, villas, and other useful buildings, with characteristic scenery. By John Soane, ... To which are added, six designs for improving and embellishing of grounds, with sections and explanations. By an amateur. The whole engraved on fifty-four plates.
Sir John Soane (1753 - 1837)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3147241
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], iv; iv, 20p., plates . ill.., plans . fol.. Publisher's advertisement inserted at rear: A catalogue of modern books on architecture, ... J. Taylor's architectural library, ... Jan 2, 1802. Plate xii part torn. Binding: Late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper on boards; red spine-label, gilt lettered: Soane's Cottages &c.
Makers and roles
Sir John Soane (1753 - 1837) George Isham Parkyns (c.1850-c.1920)