Lot 873: Halfpenny, William: Practical Architecture

Halfpenny, William. Practical Architecture, or a sure guide to the true working according to the rules of that science. Representing the Five Orders, with their several Doors and Windows taken from Inigo Jones & other Celebrated Architects. 48 gestoch. Blatt mit Texten und 24 Illustrationen. 17,5 x 11 cm. Englischer Lederband d. Z. (Rücken erneuert, etwas beschabt) mit blindgepr. Bordüre und Eckstücken. London, Thomas Bowles, (1724).
Harris 307. Einer von zwei Drucke der ersten Ausgabe. "William Halfpenny (died 1755). English architect and carpenter (alias Michael Hoare), he is known as the author of several successful pattern-books for domestic buildings, among the first of which was Practical Architecture (c. 1724), a cheap, clear guide to the Orders and various architectural elements drawing on Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus (1715)" - Gutes, nur papierbedingt geringfügig gebräuntes Exemplar aus der Bibliothek des Justice of Peace John Sneyd (1734-1809) einem Liebhaber der Architektur und Gartenbaukunst.