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'architecte britannique contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des bt̂imens reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne, ... en deux tomes. ... Par le Sieur Campbell. ...
Colen Campbell (1676 - c.1729)
Category
Books
Date
1717
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3241809
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 10 p., plates ; fol. Pencil "WH" on front pastedown. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate (not in Franks) on front pastedown: 'Edward Lord Suffield' [i.e. Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield (1781-1835), m. in 1809 Georgiana Vernon (d. 1824), daughter of George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon; arms are those of Suffield with arms of Venables-Vernon in an escutcheon of pretence]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full blind Cambridge panelled calf; sewn onto six raised cords; gilt tooled spine; spine title label (missing, remnants of lettering visible): 'Campbel Biritsh Archite'; black spine label (gilt lettered): 'Vol I'; blind rolled board edges.
Makers and roles
Colen Campbell (1676 - c.1729), author