Sammelband Of Four Works Rural Architecture In The Chinese Taste Country Gentlemans Pocket

by C Engraver Fl

$9,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Contemporary calf roll-tooled in gilt, five raised bands forming six compartments, title in gilt on red morocco lettering-piece in second compartment, laid paper with all edges flecked red Four historically significant architectural pattern books by Halfpenny in a flawless sammelband; these designs epitomize mid-eighteenth-century English country architecture. Halfpenny's pattern books for chinoiserie in the form of garden furniture, temples, bridges, and other

• Binding: Leather

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