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ABC/153
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 II
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 second 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: Whitehall, designed by Inigo Jones; Covent Garden; The Royal Exchange; Bow Steeple; Design for a Church; York Stairs; Cobham Hall, Kent; Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire; Eaton Hall, Cheshire; Belton in Lincolnshire; High-Meadow in Gloucestershire; Design for Tobias Jenkins Esq.; Boddington Place, Surrey; MR. Hudson's House at Sunbury, Middlesex; Mr. Waller's House in Beaconsfield; Mr. Rooth's House at Epsom; Melvin House in Scotland; Mr. Campbell's House at Glasgow; Design for a Person of Quality in Somersetshire; Longleate in Wiltshire; Cliefden House in Buckinghamshire; Chevening House in Kent; Design inscribed to Earl Stanhope; Sir Charles Hotham's House at Beverly in Yorkshire; Chester-Lee Street in the Bishoprick of Durham; Design inscribed to Mr. Comptroller Methuen; High Wittham in Somersetshire; Dyrham House in Glocestershire; Newbold Hall in Warwickshire; Althorp in Northamptonshire; Design inscribed to Earl Cadogan.
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- English
- French
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Corners and spine scuffed