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CAMPBELL, Colen (fl. 1715-1729). Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect . Vols 1-2: [London: no date]; Vol. 3: London: 1731; Vol. 4: [London:] Woolfe & Gandon, 1767; Vol. 5: [London:] Woolfe & Gandon, 1771.
CAMPBELL, Colen (fl. 1715-1729). Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect . Vols 1-2: [London: no date]; Vol. 3: London: 1731; Vol. 4: [London:] Woolfe & Gandon, 1767; Vol. 5: [London:] Woolfe & Gandon, 1771. The first pattern book of English architecture, and “arguably the most influential and original British architectural book ever published,” with noble provenance. Campbell was the founder of the Georgian style in England and this work was largely responsible for the promotion of Neo-Palladian architects like Inigo Jones Vols 1-3 are reissues of the first edition, while 4 and 5 are a continuation of Campbell’s project by the architects Woolfe and Gandon. Fowler 76 (first editions). Five volumes, folio (463 x 292mm). Vol. 1: engraved title page and dedication, 98 engraved plates (tear in margin of pl. 93; some light browning); vol. 2: engraved title, 99 engraved plates (tear in pl 7, 61, 62; some spotting occasionally affecting plates); vol. 3: title page in red and black, 98 engraved plates (tear in margins of pls 39-40 and 67-68; pls 57-60 bound out of order, backed with with repaired tears); vol. 4: engraved title page, engraved dedication, 98 engraved plates (occasional spotting, browning on some plates); vol. 5: engraved title, engraved dedication, 98 plates (tear in margin of pl. 26; pls 97-98 with large repaired tear and secondary tear). Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, endpapers renewed). Provenance : bookplate of Edward Lascelles, first Earl of Harewood (1740–1820), who lived in a Palladian house designed by John Carr and Robert Adams