Author: LANGLEY, BATTY
Title: The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs. : Or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrated with Upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, Neatly Engraved on One Hundred and Eighty-Six Copper Plates.
Description: London, Printed for and sold by S. Harding. 1750, Second Edition. Calf, 280mm. X 235mm. Book, 22 pages,199 plates ( lacking plate 14). engraved by Thomas Langley, dated 1739 & 1741. Rebacked brown calf, with 5 raised band to spine.Some bumping, wear to covers, previous owner's 1833 signature to front endpaper, lacking pages i & 1/2, repairs to title page and some plates, some inked notes, mainly to verso of plates, tear to plate 2, general age toning to pages. This is the scarce second edition with additional 14 plates, not found in the first edition of 1740 (Harris 451, Colvin 354/355). [725]. Very Good.

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