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  • Architecture.- Plaw (John) Rural Architecture; or Designs, from the Simple Cottage to the Decorated Villa, I. & J.Taylor, 1794 & others (4)
    Apr. 18, 2024

    Architecture.- Plaw (John) Rural Architecture; or Designs, from the Simple Cottage to the Decorated Villa, I. & J.Taylor, 1794 & others (4)

    Est: £250 - £350

    Architecture.- Plaw (John) Rural Architecture; or Designs, from the Simple Cottage to the Decorated Villa, fourth edition, aquatint frontispiece and 61 aquatint plates & engraved plans printed in sepia on thick paper, folding folio advertisement leaf for Taylor's Architectural Library bound in at end, foxed, plate 33 torn and repaired, contemporary half calf, uncut, rebacked preserving old red roan label, [cf. Abbey Life 47, Berlin Kat. 2296 & Millard, British 57, 1794 edition], I. & J.Taylor, 1796 § Durand (Jean Nicolas Louis) Précis des Leçons d'Architecture données a l'École Polytechnique, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, vol.1 lacking half-title but present in vol.2, 64 double-page engraved plates mounted on stubs, foxing and occasional soiling, title to vol.1 creased, modern half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., Paris, 1809, Raymond Erith's copies with his ink signature to front pastedown or free endpaper; and 2 others, architecture, 4to & 8vo (4) *** Plaw had introduced a new style of architectural book with his Rural Architecture of 1785, with aquatint designs set in a picturesque landscape. "Plaw set the model for villa and cottage pattern books that became a feature of architectural publishing in England for the next fifty years." (Millard British 57).

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  • Plaw (John) Sketches for Country Houses, Villas and Rural Dwellings, first edition, 42 sepia aquatint plates, 1800.
    Dec. 13, 2023

    Plaw (John) Sketches for Country Houses, Villas and Rural Dwellings, first edition, 42 sepia aquatint plates, 1800.

    Est: £300 - £400

    Plaw (John) Sketches for Country Houses, Villas and Rural Dwellings, first edition, 42 sepia aquatint plates & plans, foxing to plates, old marbled boards, uncut, a little rubbed, rebacked and cornered in calf, spine gilt with floral motifs and red & green labels, [Abbey, Life 49], 4to, S.Gosnell for J.Taylor, 1800. ⁂ Plaw had introduced a new style of architectural book with his Rural Architecture... of 1794, with aquatint designs set in a picturesque landscape. This is the third of his influential pattern books. "Plaw set the model for villa and cottage pattern books that became a feature of architectural publishing in England for the next fifty years." (Millard British 57).

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  • PLAW (John)
    Oct. 12, 2023

    PLAW (John)

    Est: £300 - £400

    PLAW (John) Ferme Ornee, or Rural Improvements, 1st edition London 1795, 4to, 38 sepia aquatint plates as called for, most with tissue guards, wide margins, light spotting to margins, 4pp. catalogue at end (folded at foot), uncut, neatly rebacked marbled boards, armorial bookplate

    Cheffins
  • Plaw, John
    Jan. 15, 2014

    Plaw, John

    Est: £200 - £300

    Plaw, John Ferme Ornée, or rural improvements. A series of domestic and ornamental designs. London: I. & J. Taylor, 1796. First edition, 4to, 38 engraved plates printed in bistre, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, original boards, uncut, some spotting, spine worn, hinges weak

    Lyon & Turnbull
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