ABC/176 - The New Vitruvius Britannicus: consisting of plans and elevations of modern buildings ... in Great Britain. Vol I only

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ABC/176

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The New Vitruvius Britannicus: consisting of plans and elevations of modern buildings ... in Great Britain. Vol I only

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  • 1802 (Creation)

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Richardson, George (c1738-1813), architectural and decorative draftsman
(c1738-1813)

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Scottish architectural and decorative draftsman and writer on architecture.
ODNB Entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23553

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The New Vitruvius Britannicus, consisting of plans and elevations of Modern Buildings, public and private, erected in Great Britain, engraved in 72 plates from original drawings. Buildings included: Bowden Park, Wiltshire; Tushmore House, Oxfordshire; The Pavilion at Brighton, Sussex; Public Assembly-Rooms; Sydney-Lodge, near Hamble in Hampshire; Gore Court, Kent; Basildon House, Berkshire; Longford House, Shropshire; Broomfield Lodge, Clapham, Surrey; Villa at Putney Park, near Roehampton, Surrey; The Building erected on Great Tower-Hill, London; Seat of William Henry Pigou Esq., Windmill Hill, Sussex; Watton Wood Hall, Hertfordshire; Southgate Grove, near Enfield, Middlesex; Addington Lodge, near Croydon, Surrey; Session-House for the County of Middlesex, London; Stoke Park House, near Devizes, Wiltshire; Eastwell Park House, Kent; Gossford House, East Lothian, North Britain; Thornes House, near Wakefield, Yorkshire; House and Office of Denton Hall, West-Riding of Yorkshire; Doddington Hall, Cheshire; Claremont, Surrey; Crownest House, near Halifax, Yorkshire; Courteen Hall, Northamptonshire; Buckminster Park, Leicestershire.

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  • French

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    Loose and scuffed spine and covers.

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