Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robertson, William, architect
Title:
Designs in architecture : for garden chairs, small gates for villas, park entrances, aviarys, temples, boat houses, mausoleums, and bridges; with their plans, elevations, and sections, accompanied with scenery, &c. / by W. Robertson.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's. And published as the act directs, Feb. 1800, at Ackerman's Repository of Arts, No. 101, Strand; and at J.B. Beygang's, 1800.

Leipzig, 1800.
Physical Description:
[28] p., [1], 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 x 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA8450 .R63 1800+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Geo. Holmes, delin. Etched by Rowlndson"--First plate.

Each plate has an accompanying leaf of letterpress explanatory text.

The preliminary unnumbered plate is a dedicatory frontispiece.

English short title catalogue, T140632

Archer, 290.1

British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840 2803

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 63

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans. | Decoration and ornament, Architectural | Ackerman's Repository of Arts -- Publisher. | W. Bulmer and Co. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1800.
Contributors:
Holmes, George, fl. 1797 ill. | Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 engraver.