A book of architecture :
containing designs of buildings and ornaments /
by James Gibbs.

Description

Main Author

Gibbs, James, 1682-1754.

Related Names

Hitch, Charles, -1764, bookseller.
Manby, Richard, -1769, bookseller.
Innys, William, -1756, bookseller.
Baron, Bernard, 1696-1762, engraver.
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver.
Mynde, James, 1702-1771, engraver.
Kirkall, Elisha, 1682?-1742, engraver.
Harris, John, active 1680-1739 or 1740, engraver.
Hulsbergh, Henry, active 1700-1729, engraver.
John and Paul Knapton (Firm)

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, J. and P. Knapton, in Ludgate-Street, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row, 1739.

Edition

2d ed.

Subjects

Sepulchral monuments.
Architecture > Architecture / Details.
Architecture.
Architecture > Architecture / Détails > Architecture / Détails / Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture > Architecture / Dessins et plans > Architecture / Dessins et plans / Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture > Architecture / Details > Architecture / Details / Early works to 1800.
Sepulchral monuments > Sepulchral monuments / Designs and plans > Sepulchral monuments / Designs and plans / Early works to 1800.
Architecture > Architecture / Designs and plans > Architecture / Designs and plans / Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Engravings / England > Engravings / England / London > Engravings / England / London / 1739.
Early works.
Architectural drawings.

Note

Designs by James Gibbs; engravings by Hendrick Hulsberg, John Harris, Elisha Kirkall, George Vertue and Bernard Baron.
Library's copy missing plates 118, 121 and half of 140.
Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned, B-Gp2sH₋p1₋s.

Physical Description

[4], xxv pages, 150 leaves of plates (some double, some folded) : illustrations, plans ; 48 cm

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