An Historical Essay on Architecture An historical essay on architecture by the late Thomas Hope. Illustrated from drawings by him made in Italy and Germany
by HOPE, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
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Holt, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray 1835, 1835. First edition. 2 volumes, 4to. Vol 1: [xx], 561, 89pp analytical index w/ 12 line figures. Vol 2: 97 single-leaf engraved plates, each with guard leaves. All edges gilt and textblocks tight with only minimal toning to edges. In contemporary publishers full dark-olive morocco with wide borders of scrolled and foliate gilt-line work to upper and lower boards of both volumes, gilt-ruled outer borders with decorative corners. Pastedowns have triple gilt-ruled dentelles with scrolled detail. Backstrips have 5 raised bands with foliate scrollwork panels in gilt, gilt titles and "London 1835" to the foot of each. The pastedowns have the small armorial bookplates of Charles Rugge-Price, 3rd Baronet Rugge-Price and both volumes retain their royal-blue silk place markers (vol 2's fragile at head end and vol 1's slightly frayed at foot with light fading to the ends of both). The binding is still tight with some moderate rubbing and shelfwear to the edges, corners and hinges. Very good Thomas Hope is, perhaps, best known for his works on costume and furniture. Works which earned him the double-edged sobriquet of "The costume and furniture man" in regency London. His style being termed "English Empire" was seen as simply a slightly naive, sub-Sheraton conflation of classical motifs.
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- Bookseller
- Voewood Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2298
- Title
- An Historical Essay on Architecture An historical essay on architecture by the late Thomas Hope. Illustrated from drawings by him made in Italy and Germany
- Author
- HOPE, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Murray 1835
- Date Published
- 1835
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Voewood Rare Books
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Holt, Norfolk
About Voewood Rare Books
Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Morocco
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Shelfwear
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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