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Auction archive: Lot number 223

BRITTON, John (1771-1857) The Architectural Antiquities of G...

Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$818 - US$1,308
Price realised:
£625
ca. US$1,022
Auction archive: Lot number 223

BRITTON, John (1771-1857) The Architectural Antiquities of G...

Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$818 - US$1,308
Price realised:
£625
ca. US$1,022
Beschreibung:

BRITTON, John (1771-1857). The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain . London: Longman, etc., 1807-1809-1812-1814-1835.
BRITTON, John (1771-1857). The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain . London: Longman, etc., 1807-1809-1812-1814-1835. 5 volumes, 4° (280 x 215mm). 7 additional engraved titles and 359 engraved plates. (Variable spotting, sometimes heavy, throughout.) Contemporary russia, gilt borders to covers, gilt spines, marbled endpapers and edges (extremities very lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION of vols 1-4, second edition of vol. 5 (issued separately with its own title-page). 'From its inception the work was received as marking a new era in architectural topography' (RIBA p.238). Adams 97; RIBA 392 (vols 1-4) & 394 (vol. 5). (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 223
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jun 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
3 June 2009, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

BRITTON, John (1771-1857). The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain . London: Longman, etc., 1807-1809-1812-1814-1835.
BRITTON, John (1771-1857). The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain . London: Longman, etc., 1807-1809-1812-1814-1835. 5 volumes, 4° (280 x 215mm). 7 additional engraved titles and 359 engraved plates. (Variable spotting, sometimes heavy, throughout.) Contemporary russia, gilt borders to covers, gilt spines, marbled endpapers and edges (extremities very lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION of vols 1-4, second edition of vol. 5 (issued separately with its own title-page). 'From its inception the work was received as marking a new era in architectural topography' (RIBA p.238). Adams 97; RIBA 392 (vols 1-4) & 394 (vol. 5). (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 223
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jun 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
3 June 2009, London, King Street
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