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ABC/152
Title
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
Date(s)
- [1715-1725] (Creation)
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1 volume
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(15 Jun 1676–13 Sep 1729)
Biographical history
Scottish architect and architectural writer, credited as a founder of the Georgian style. For most of his career, he resided in Italy and England.
ODNB Entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4485
ODNB Entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4485
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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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- English
- French
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Corners and spine scuffed