Author: TWOPENY (William)
Title: Specimens of Ancient Wood-Work. Etched from Drawings by William Twopeny.
Description: London: [Privately] Printed by Bradbury and Evans, 1859. First edition, large folio (565 x 385 mm), [6]pp., followed by 13 etched plates on india paper and mounted, with a leaf of descriptive letterpress to each specimen, some light foxing and browning, orig. cloth-backed boards, spine faded. A scarce work printed for private distribution among his friends by William Twopeny (1797-1873), painter, architectural draughtsman, illustrator and collector. Provenance: Signed presentation copy from the author to Nathaniel Hibbert inscribed on front free endpaper.

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE APPLIED ARTS PRIVATELY PRINTED WOODWORK