Campbell (Colen) - Vitruvius Britannicus, or The
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vol.1-3 (of 5), engraved titles in vol.1 & 2 in second state (title in vol.1 with volume number altered in ink), title in vol.3 in red and black, all in English and French, engraved dedications in vol.1, all vol. with list of subscribers, 295 engraved plates on 231 sheets, 54 double-page and/or folding (49 double and 5 quadruple), mostly by Hulsbergh after Campbell, with the rare double-page plate of Umberslade in vol.3 usually missing (foxed), vol.1 lightly browned, vol.2 with folding plate of Whitehall soiled and frayed at fore-edge, vol.3 title a little browned but plates generally very clean although a few creased, one with light stain, one or two small marginal tears, engraved bookplate of William Milner of Nun Appleton Hall, Yorks., contemporary calf, spines gilt, worn, joints split, [Berlin Kat. 2329; Fowler 76; Harris 98 & 100; Millard, British Books 10], by the Author, 1717-25. Campbell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England. Vol.4 & 5, by Woolfe and Gandon, were published much later, in 1767-71.
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Campbell (Colen) - Vitruvius Britannicus, or The
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