A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture by Sir William Chambers, K.P.S., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.S.S.S. With illustrations, notes, and an examination of Grecian architecture, by Joseph Gwilt, Architect, F.S.A. Revised and edited by W. H. Leeds.
London: Lockwood and Co., 7, Stationers' Hall Court, 1862
Physical Description
viii, 336 pages, [65] leaves of plates illus., plans, port.; 290 mm.
General Note
First published in 1759; Gwilt's version first published in 1825. Frontispiece an engraved portrait of Sir William Chambers after Sir Joshua Reynolds with facsimile signature. Includes 'A memoir of the life of Sir William Chambers' by Thomas Hardwick (p. [1]-10). Printer statement on verso of title-page, 'London: Kelly and Co., Printers, 18 to 22, Old Boswell Court, St Clement's, Strabd, W.C.'
Provenance
Signature in pencil on front pastedown, 'V. Harris'; RA bookplate inscribed in ink, 'Presented by Mr. E. Vincent Harris 1965'.
Half-title page inscribed in ink in upper right-hand corner, 'Fredk R. Hiorns -' [striked through in pencil] and signed below in pencil, 'V. Harris'.
Binding Note
Publishers' binding with spine lettered in gold, 'Sir W. Chambers' Civil Architecture' and 'Edited by J. Gwilt and W. H. Leeds' and 'Crosby Lockwood & Co.'