Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796
Title:
A treatise on civil architecture : in which the principles of that art are laid down, and illustrated by a great number of plates, accurately designed, and elegantly engraved by the best hands / by William Chambers ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author, by J. Haberkorn : to be had at the author's house in Poland Street, near Broad-Street, Soho : likewise of A. Millar, J. Nourse, Wilson and Durham, all in the Strand, T. Osborne in Gray's-Inn, J. and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, Piers and Webley near Chancery-Lane, Holborn, and J. Gretton, in Old-Bond-Street, MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:
[vi], iv, 85, [1] pages, [50] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2016 60 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2016 60 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by J. Fougeron, P. Fourdrinier, C. Grignion, P. Mazell, T. Miller, F. Patton, and E. Rooker; afer William Chambers, James Gandon and G.B. Cipriani.

With a list of subscribers, pages [v]-[vi].

English short title catalogue, T51636

Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 122

Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University, 86

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in full calf; rebacked.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in sprinkled calf. Armorial bookplate of Richard Blackett Beaumont. Case label of the Cholmondeley Library.
Subject Terms:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. | Architects -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Ms. notes. | Cholmondeley Library -- Bookplate. | Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate. | Piers and Webley -- Bookseller.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1759. | Etchings -- 1759. | Subscriber's lists.
Contributors:
Haberkorn, John, printer. | Millar, Andrew, 1705–1768, bookseller. | Nourse, J. (John), -1780, bookseller. | Osborne, Thomas, -1767, bookseller. | Gretton, John, active 1758–1763, bookseller. | R. and J. Dodsley, bookseller. | Wilson, D., $d -1777, bookseller. | Durham, Thomas (Bookseller), bookseller. | Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785, illustrator. | Fougeron, Ignace, active 18th century-19th century, engraver. | Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698–1758, engraver. | Gandon, James, 1742–1823, illustrator. | Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810, engraver. | Mazell, Peter, active 1761–1797, engraver. | Müller, Tobias, active 1744–1790, engraver. | Patton, F., active 1745–1764, engraver. | Rooker, Edward, -1774, engraver.