Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796
Title:
Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils / engraved by the best hands, from the originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, architect, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence ; to which is annexed a description of their temples, houses, gardens, &c.
Published / Created:
London : Published for the author, and sold by him next door to Tom's Coffee-house, Russel-Street, Convent-Garden; also by Mess. Dodsley, in Pall Mall; Mess. Wilson and Durham; Mr. A. Millar, in the Strand, and Mr. R. Willock, in Cornhill, MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:
[10], 19, [1] pages, XXI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2017 6 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2017 6 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
The first two or three paragraphs of the preface, and possibly the chapter "Of the art of laying out gardens among the Chinese" were written by Samuel Johnson. Cf. Fleeman.

Engravings by Paul Fourdrinier, Ignace Fougeron, Charles Grignion, Edward Rooker and Paul Sandby.

English short title catalogue, T31726

Archer, J. British domestic architecture, 38.1

Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 113

"List of the subscribers"--Pages [5]-[6], first sequence.

BEIN JJr38 10: Bound with: his A treatise on civil architecture. London, 1759.

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in contemporary calf. Autograph: Albert A. Holt. Bookplate: Abigail Treat Holt. Has bound with it: Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry / William Chambers. London : J. Haberkorn, MDCCLXIII [1763]
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- China. | Clothing and dress -- China. | Gardens -- China. | Holt, Albert A. -- Autograph. | Holt, Abigail Treat -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- 1757.
Contributors:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784. | Fougeron, Ignace, active 18th century-19th century, engraver. | Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698–1758, engraver. | Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810, engraver. | Rooker, Edward, -1774, engraver. | Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809, engraver. | R. and J. Dodsley, publisher. | Millar, Andrew, 1705–1768, publisher. | Willock, Robert, publisher.