A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture

Stock No. 8035

Authors: William, CHAMBERS

London Lockwood and Co 1862

A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture by Sir William Chambers, with Illustrations, Notes, and an Examination of Grecian Architecture by Joseph Gwilt. Revised and Edited by W.H. Leeds.

Revised edition of work originally published in 1759. 4to. viii, 336pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus fifty-four full-page plates. Original publisher's lavender cloth; lettered and blocked in gilt; spine sun faded to tan colour; chips and loss to top and tail; blind ruled on front and back boards; abrasions and colour loss to boards and ding to top edge; some spotting to prelims, plates nice and clean; despite signs of age and use, still a good copy.

Including A Memoir of the Life of Sir William Chambers; Principal Terms Employed in the Science of Architecture; Index.