The union of architecture, sculpture, and painting; exemplified

by a series of illustrations, with descriptive accounts of the house and galleries of John Soane by John Soane, - John Britton, author

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First edition

First edition of the earliest major illustrated account of Soane's house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, now the Sir John Soane Museum. This copy with more plates than called for by Abbey and several extra illustrations. The present work explores the harmonious relationship between architecture, sculpture, and painting through a detailed examination of Sir John Soane's remarkable house and galleries. Britton, an influential antiquary and writer, meticulously documents the innovative

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