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Vanburgh, John., Pearce, Edward Lovett., Colvin, Howard (ed)., and Craig, Maurice (ed.).
Architectural Drawings in the Library of Elton Hall by Sir John Vanbrugh and Sir Edward Lovett Pearce.
Publisher: For presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, Oxford;
Date of Publication: 1964
Stock Code: 14556
Folio, pp., [4] blank, lvi, 40, 82 photolithographic plates, collated and complete. Quarter navy morocco over blue cloth, titled in gilt to spine; top edge gilt, other edges uncut. The slightest of toning to spine, very minor rubbing to spine-tips, slight sunning to top of lower board. Contents clean and bright. A near-fine copy. A collection of facsimile drawings by two of the early eighteenth-century’s finest architects. Sir John Vanburgh is best known as designer of Blenheim Palace and Howard Castle. Sir Edward Lovett Peace trained under Vanburgh, and went on to design the Irish Houses of Parliament in Dublin. The drawings and plans within show both architects at work, and are accompanied by an extensive catalogue. Produced for members of the Roxburghe Club, the oldest society of bibliophiles in the world, which has a limited membership of 40 only. Necessarily rare. £750.00