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Francis PRICE, The British Carpenter. Or a Treatise on Carpentry Containing the Most Concise and Authentick Rules of that Art [à la suite] A Supplement containing Palladio's Orders of ArchitectureLondon, C. & J. Ackers for C. Hitch, L. Hawes and R. Baldwin, 1753 1 vol. in-4°: 4f., 72p., second title and portrait of Palladio, 1f. blank, 60 pl. 18th-century full calf 5-rib binding. Rebacked title-pieces. Wear to spines, covers and corners. Provenance: stamp of Antoine Demoget (1836-1890, architect for the city of Metz)British work illustrating structural design across the Channel. As the second part of the book indicates, Palladio's influence on English architecture in the late 18th century is pervasive, with several reprints of the master's works or those he inspired in Ware or Inigo Jones, among others.
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Francis PRICE, The British Carpenter. Or a Treatise on Carpentry Containing the Most Concise and Authentick Rules of that Art [à la suite] A Supplement containing Palladio's Orders of ArchitectureLondon, C. & J. Ackers for C. Hitch, L. Hawes and R. Baldwin, 1753 1 vol. in-4°: 4f., 72p., second title and portrait of Palladio, 1f. blank, 60 pl. 18th-century full calf 5-rib binding. Rebacked title-pieces. Wear to spines, covers and corners. Provenance: stamp of Antoine Demoget (1836-1890, architect for the city of Metz)British work illustrating structural design across the Channel. As the second part of the book indicates, Palladio's influence on English architecture in the late 18th century is pervasive, with several reprints of the master's works or those he inspired in Ware or Inigo Jones, among others.
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