Rare Books and Manuscripts NC825.B8 S64 1830+ Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Bookseller's ticket of Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc. Art and architecture books Los Angeles, Calif. 90045 on inside of lower board.Illustrations either in pen and black ink, with black, grey and brown wash, or in graphite.Cover title: Architectural illustrations.Date of publication supplied from dealer information.Quarter gilt- and blind-tooled calf with marbled paper covers; black morocco label with title stamped in gilt letters on upper board; pink watered silk end-papers.Album of architectural illustrations by an unknown artist. Consists of a calligraphic title page followed by 12 drawings in watercolor or graphite. All are mounted on leaves of yellow-coated paper, and separated by brown paper guard-sheets. A frame for each drawing and a caption title has been added in pencil on each of the yellow leaves (except for the final drawing, which is uncaptioned).
Contents:
At Sir R.C. Hoare's, Bart., Stourhead -- Avanzi del tempio di Giove Tonante -- A Caen, Normandie -- Avanzi di una galleria, nella Villa Adria -- Croix antique, au nord de France -- Pronao del Tempio di Ercole, a Cora -- Arco Trionfale di Tito Vespasiano a Roma -- Lindisfarne Abbey Holy Isle; Northumberland -- Tempio della Sibilla, à Tivoli -- At Alfreton, Derbyshire -- At Agrigentum.