ABC/152 - Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British architect, containing the plans, elevations and sections of the regular buildings, both public and private, in Great Britain in 3 vols. Vol I

ABC/152

Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British architect, containing the plans, elevations and sections of the regular buildings, both public and private, in Great Britain in 3 vols. Vol I

1 volume

The first of three volumes of Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus. They contain the plans, elevations, and sections of regular buildings, both public and private, in Great Britain, with a variety of designs reproduced in 200 large engraved plates. Buildings included: St. Paul's Church, London; St. Peter's at Rome; Design for a Church in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; St. Philip's Church at Birmingham; Banqueting House at Whitehall; Queen's House at Greenwich; The Great Gallery in Somerset Gardens; Gunnersbury House, near Brentford; Design for the Duke of Argyle; Design for the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Castlemain; Design inscribed to the Earl of Hallifax; Burlington House in Picadilly; Montague House, London; Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland; Marlborough House, St. James's; Powis House, London; Buckingham House; Stoke, Hereford; Kings-Weston, Glocestershire; Lindsey House, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; Willbery, Wiltshire; Design for the Earl of Islay; Blenheim; Castle Howard; Chatsworth; Mr. Johnston's House at Twickenham; Sir William Yonge's House; Mr. Cary's House at Roehampton; Greenwich Hospital; Thorsby House; Stainborough; Design for Lord Percival; Lord's Leimpster's House.

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