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Alcuni Musaici Usciti Dallo Studio del Cavr. Michel'Angelo Barberi.
Roma: Tipografia Tibernia, 1856. Folio. pp. 16 leaves text, some printed rectos only> 22 engraved plates. Disbound, or unbound as issued? Cavalierie Michelangelo Barberi [1787 - 1867] was the foremost mosaicist of the Roman School. In this rare work he illustrates and describes some of his finest work. 8 locations traced worldwide> the V&A and Brotherton, Leeds are the only U.K. locations.
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Christchurch or Withepole House, a brief memorial.
Ipswich: S.H. Cowell, 1893. Folio [375 x 275 mm.] pp. title, preface, list of subscribers, 35, 10 plates. Original printed wrappers, gutta percha perished, so loose within the wrappers, faint old stain affecting the images. Rare, only 6 copies located.
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Christchurch or Withepole House, a brief memorial.
Ipswich: S.H. Cowell, 1893. Large Paper Copy. Folio [430 x 320 mm.] pp. title, preface, list of subscribers, 35, 10 plates on tinted background. Original cloth backed printed boards, gutta percha perished otherwise Fine in the printed vegetable parchment dust wrapper now rather browned. Rare, only 6 copies located. From printer's records which we have seen, there were 250 copies of this large Paper edition in boards, rather than the wrappers of the standard edition.
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Christchurch or Withepole House, a brief memorial.
Ipswich: S.H. Cowell, 1893. Large Paper Copy. Folio [430 x 320 mm.] pp. title, preface, list of subscribers, 35, 10 plates on tinted background. Original cloth backed printed boards, gutta percha perished otherwise Very Good in slightly worn cloth backed boards. Rare, only 6 copies located. From printer's records which we have seen, there were 250 copies of this large Paper edition in boards, rather than the wrappers of the standard edition, each covered with a printed outer wrapper tucked neatly over the boards. The parchment is brittle and has not survived on the only other copy which we have had.
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Christchurch or Withepole House, a brief memorial.
Ipswich: S.H. Cowell, 1893. Folio [375 x 275 mm.] pp. title, preface, list of subscribers, 35, 10 plates. Original printed wrappers, front cover loose, gutta percha perished, so loose within the wrappers. Probably the printer's copy, label reading "A publication sponsored jointly by John Shewell Corder and S.H. Cowell. Here are some particulars of works production costs etc with work tickets written out by Mr. W.B. Hanson." With additional material including: i) annotated list of subscribers with residence location of subscribers in pencil, ii) itemised sheet of material costings for the publication, showing the papers used, total £40 7s iii) 2 notes of quantities ie. 200 copies at size 11 x 13¾, as this copy, and 250 copies at size 12¾ x 17 [large paper copies] iv) 17 pieces, correspondence with subscribers and the printer regarding sales etc. Rare, only 6 copies located. Christchurch Mansion was built in the mid 16th Century and by the late 19th Century was showing the inevitable signs of deterioration> Corder wished to record details of the house before it was lost. A syndicate bought the estate, selling much of the land for development, and one of their members, Felix Cobbold from a prominent Suffolk family, presented the house to the town of Ipswich, the corporation subsequently bought the park surrounding the mansion.
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Black Tournai Fonts in England, the Group of Seven Late Norman Fonts from Belgium.
Elliot Stock, 1909. Large 4to. pp. 32> illustrations. Original cloth, Very Good.
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Rural Houses of West Yorkshire, 1400 - 1830.
HMSO, 1989. Reprint. Large 4to. pp. xx, 240> illustrations, folding map. Wrappers, Very Good.
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Rural Houses of the Lancashire Pennines 1560 to 1760.
HMSO, 1985. Large 4to. pp. x, 202> illustrations. Wrappers, Fine.
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Secret Chambers and Hiding Places> the historic, romantic & legendary stories & traditions about hiding holes, secret chambers, &c.
S.H. Bousfield and Co., 1901. 8vo. pp. 317> illustrations. Original cloth, illustration mounted to front cover.
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Livre D'Architecture Contenant Plusieurs Portiques de Differentes Inventions, sur les cinq ordres de Colomnes.
Paris: Melchior Tavernier, 1631. 1st Edition. Folio. pp. [6]> 40 full page engraved plates. Contemporary vellum, torn at the bottom of the spine, some worming to the bottom inner margin of the first 20 or so plates [not affecting the images]> title page soiled, end papers probably not original, perhaps replaced in the nineteenth century, rear end paper torn. An architectural pattern book, scarce in the first edition, it was reprinted in 1640.
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Ten Architectural Lithographs.
The Architectural Press, [1930] Large folio. 10 lithographed plates, each window mounted, loose as issued in publisher's portfolio, new cloth spine and ties. Mounts a little browned. Limited to 40 sets signed by the artist. The images comprise: 1. Trinity College Library, Cambridge. 2. A staircase, Narbonne. 3. Arles sur Tech. 4. Rock-cut Church, Saint-Emilion. 5. Cluny Museum, Paris. 6. Notre Dame, Clermont Ferrand. 7. St. Front, Perigueux. 8. Rock-cut Church, Aubeterre. 9. Elne. 10. Baroque Altar, Perpignan.
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Plans & Elevations of the Proposed Restoration and Additions to the Cathedral of Glasgow. With an Explanatory Address by the Local Committee.
Glasgow: Printed by James Hedderwick & Son> lithographed by Maclure & Macdonald, 1836. Large folio, 580 x 445 mm. pp. 2 frontispieces, engraved title, printed title, 11, 6 further views and plans. Original sheep backed printed boards, a little worn, damp stain along inner margins.
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Saracenic and Norman Remains to Illustrate the Normans in Sicily.
John Murray, [1840] Large folio, 560 x 375 mm. pp. illustrated title, ii, 3 - 6, [1, list of plates] 30 tinted plates, [including title], three of which are coloured as issued. A little general light spotting, old damp mark in top left corner of first seven plates, affecting the edge of the title image only, old damp mark on bottom left corner of title and first two plates, affecting the image on the title page only. Modern half morocco, preserving the original morocco gilt title label.
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Steeplejacks and Steeplejacking.
Jonathan Cape, 1925. 1st Edition. 8v. pp. 222> 7 photographic plates. Very Good in the rare dust wrapper which is chipped. A company bearing his name exists to this day.
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Roman Mosaics, or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood.
MacMillan and Co., 1892. 8vo. pp. xv, [1], 397. Extra illustrated with 52 engravings and original photographs with a specially printed extra page with the list of illustrations. In a fine full blue calf binding by Fazakerley of Liverpool.
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