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Billings (Robert William)

The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, Illustrated by Robert William Billings, Architect, F.R.S.E.

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1846-52.,

368.76 €

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(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Billings (Robert William)
Publishers
Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1846-52.
Keyword
COUNTRY HOUSE SCOTLAND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Description

First edition, 4 vols., 4to (274 X 212 mm), 240 engravings on 219 plates, numerous woodcuts, this copy with 26 extra illustrations bound in and itemised by a former owner at the front of each volume, marbled endpapers, bound in contemporary half red morocco by Edmond & Spark, Bookbinders, Aberdeen, joints and corners rubbed. A work of considerable influence on the Gothic revival and the first to bring to the attention of the public the medieval antiquities North of the Border. Provenance: From the library of Josceline Grove, with bookplate and their typed catalogue description pasted to front endpapers.
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