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ABC/154
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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 III
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- [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 third 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: Greenwich Hospital; Castle Howard; Ambersbury, Wiltshire; Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire; Stoke Park, Northamptonshire; General Wade's House, Great Burlington street, London; Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire; Eastbury, Dorsetshire; Seaton-Delaval, Northumberland; Burlington House, in Picadilly, London; Houghton, Norfolk; Mereworth Castle, Kent; Wanstead, Essex; Stourhead Castle, Wiltshire; The Rolls, Chancery Lane; Newby, North Riding, Yorkshire; Ebberton Lodge, near Scarborough, Yorkshire; Lord Herbert's House in Whitehall; Hall Barn, near Beaconfield, Bucks; Goodwood, Sussex; MR. Plumptre's House, Nottingham Town; Design for a Bridge at Lambeth; Wilton, Wiltshire; Apple Dorecombe, Isle of Wight; High Meadow, Glocestershire; Long Gate, Wiltshire; Chatsworth, Derbyshire; Belton, Lincolnshire; Woodstock Park, Oxfordshire; Boughton, Northamptonshire; Hampton Court, Herefordshire; Lowther Hall, Westmoreland; Cleremont, Surrey; Cholmondeley, Cheshire; Thorsby, Nottinghamshire; Althorp, Northamptonshire; Duncomb Park, Yorkshire; Atherton, Lancaster; Rookby Park, York; Horse-Heath Hall, A New House at Twickenham, Middlesex; Leyton Grange, Essex; Narford, Norfolk; Caversham, Oxfordshire.
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- English
- French
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Corners and spine scuffed