The Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Holkham in Norfolk, the Seat of the Late Earl of Leicester

by Matthew Brettingham

$3,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. With 28 plates on 27 sheets printed in sepia. DUPLICATION of plate 2 hence w/o plate 3. vi pp. Folio. 19th-century quarter brown calf and boards, red morocco spine label. Covers scuffed, hinges strengthened, some foxing to plates. Berlin 2336 for 1773 edition ; Lowndes I, 267. Item #301073 Matthew Brettingham was in charge of the building of Holkham from 1734. Here Brettingham does not

• Binding: Leather

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