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      • Brees (Samuel Charles) The Portfolio of Rural Architecture..., very rare first edition, 15 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 1841.
        Oct. 20, 2022

        Brees (Samuel Charles) The Portfolio of Rural Architecture..., very rare first edition, 15 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 1841.

        Est: £1,000 - £1,500

        Brees (Samuel Charles) The Portfolio of Rural Architecture, a Series of Drawings in the Italian Style, for Villas, etc..., first edition, 16pp. text (stitched), 15 hand-coloured lithographed plates loose as issued, final plate slightly torn and creased at one corner, ex-Donaueschingen library copy with old ink oval stamp to title and another to front pastedown, original roan-backed embossed cloth folder with ties, upper cover titled in gilt, rubbed, spine a little worn and torn, [Not in Abbey], folio, 1841. ⁂ According to Hugh Pagan, "the rarest British colour plate architectural pattern book of the first half of the nineteenth century". Catalogue 36, item 16, 2000. Six designs are featured: the first five each with two plates, one depicting a view and another with elevations and plans; the final design for "a fashionable villa reisdence" has 5 plates of two views, plans, and two of elevations. Library Hub records 3 UK copies (BL, University of Wales and V & A) although the last has a slightly different title and is dated 1843. WorldCat lists 3 more of the 1843 edition. Brees is more well-known as an engineer and author of Railway Practice of 1837-40 (see previous lot).

        Forum Auctions - UK
      • Brees (Samuel Charles) Railway Practice [& Appendix], 2 vol., 1837-39.
        Oct. 20, 2022

        Brees (Samuel Charles) Railway Practice [& Appendix], 2 vol., 1837-39.

        Est: £300 - £400

        Brees (Samuel Charles) Railway Practice: A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of Construction in the Public Works of the most Celebrated Engineers, First Series, folding tinted lithographed frontispiece after Brees, list of subscribers, 77 double-page lithographed plates, some also folding, short tear to lower edge of frontispiece, foxing, water-staining to corner of a few plates, bookplate of Thomas Aiskew Larcom, contemporary cloth, rubbed and marked, rebacked and recornered in morocco, spine faded, 1837; Appendix to Railway Practice, containing a copious Abstract of the whole of the Evidence given upon the London and Birmingham, and Great Western Railway Bills..., 6 engraved plates, 3 double-page or folding, 4pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at end, contemporary ink inscription "Wm.Kitching, Darlington 1839" to head of title, modern signature and bookplate of P.H.Edwards, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded, short tear to upper joint, 1839, first editions, 4to (2) ⁂ One of the foremost sources of contemporary information on civil engineering issues relating to early railways and rolling stock, by one of the engineers on the London to Birmingham line under Stephenson. The first of four series (but complete in itself) this mainly covers the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway, with the Appendix on the Railway Bill relating to the line. The final 12 plates in the First Series, of designs by Brees of bridges, arches, tunnels etc. incorporating many different architectural styles (egyptian, gothic, classical etc.), were dropped from later editions.

        Forum Auctions - UK
      • Brees (Samuel Charles) [Plates to Railway Practice], First-Fourth Series in 1 vol., 1837.
        Nov. 19, 2020

        Brees (Samuel Charles) [Plates to Railway Practice], First-Fourth Series in 1 vol., 1837.

        Est: £600 - £800

        Brees (Samuel Charles) [Plates to 'Railway Practice'], First-Fourth Series in 1 vol., plates only, 2 engraved frontispieces after Brees and 279 plates, many folding, a little foxed, light water-staining at end, first frontispiece frayed at edges (reinforced), a few other tear and repairs, modern half roan, a little rubbed, spine faded, folio, 1837-49; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return ⁂ A rare collection of all the plates for the four series of Railway Practice, being the definitive collection of technical drawings for the great age of rail expansion and innovation.

        Forum Auctions - UK
      • Brees (Samuel Charles) Railway Practice, First-Third Series, 1837-47
        Nov. 19, 2020

        Brees (Samuel Charles) Railway Practice, First-Third Series, 1837-47

        Est: £500 - £700

        Brees (Samuel Charles) Railway Practice: A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of Construction in the Public Works of the most Celebrated Engineers, First [-Third] Series (of 4), 3 vol., First Series, double-page lithographed frontispiece after Brees and 76 plates, list of subscribers, foxing and marginal water-staining, one or two plates frayed at edges or fold, modern morocco, 1837; Second Series, presentation copy from the author to RIBA library with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning and library bookplate, double-page etched frontispiece after Brees and 60 engraved plates, ink library stamp to verso of plates, contemporary half morocco, a little worn, 1840; Third Series, 69 engraved plates, light spotting, ex-Railway Club library copy with ink stamps, modern half morocco, 1847, first editions, plates folding and/or double-page, 4to (3) ⁂ One of the foremost sources of contemporary information on civil engineering issues relating to early railways and rolling stock. The First Series mostly concerns the London & Birmingham Railway; the Second includes aspects of the Great Western, the London & Croydon, and specifications and contracts for works on the Birmingham & Gloucester; the Third (and Fourth) are mostly devoted to French railways. Brees was one of those who engineered the London to Birmingham line under Stephenson. He later went to New Zealand, and Australia, and produced a topographical work on New Zealand. The Railway Club (disbanded 2009) was the first club for railway enthusiasts, founded in 1899.

        Forum Auctions - UK
      • S.C. BREES (1810-1865) STEEL ENGRAVING ON PAPER - Samuel Charles work titled "Town of the New Plymouth at Ternaki." McGregor Wright....
        Nov. 04, 2012

        S.C. BREES (1810-1865) STEEL ENGRAVING ON PAPER - Samuel Charles work titled "Town of the New Plymouth at Ternaki." McGregor Wright....

        Est: $75 - $200

        S.C. BREES (1810-1865) STEEL ENGRAVING ON PAPER - Samuel Charles work titled "Town of the New Plymouth at Ternaki." McGregor Wright Gallery label on reverse. Condition good. c.1850. 12.5" x 16" framed.

        Pacific Galleries
      • BREES, SAMUEL CHARLES.
        Apr. 06, 2009

        BREES, SAMUEL CHARLES.

        Est: $800 - $1,200

        Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London: John Williams, 1847. Additional aquatint title; 22 aquatint plates with multiple views per plate (1 plate double-page); 2 folding engraved maps. Folio. Original gilt-lettered cloth. Occasional spotting, rebacked with original spine laid down, sunning to cloth, few little paper repairs at ends. First edition.

        Bonhams
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