Catherine the Great's Architect.- Johnson (Samuel) The Works, 12 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, some light foxing and browning, contemporary continental (?Russian) binding of diced russia, gilt, gilt arms of Cameron of Lochiel to upper covers, spines gilt, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, Printed for T. Longman [&c.], 1792. ⁂ Ownership stamp of Charles Cameron A.M.I.R. on each title and the initials below the arms in gilt on each upper cover. Cameron (c.1745-1812) was a Scottish architect who had a successful career at the Imperial Court in St. Petersburg, in particular designing and decorating buildings for Catherine the Great. We have been unable to establish for certain what the designatory letters A.M.I.R. stand for, but possibly 'Architecte de sa Majeste Imperiale Russe'. Cameron's library was sold at auction in 1812 but this set is not individually listed in the catalogue, though there are several group lots of "miscellaneous volumes"; furthermore, according to a 1943 work on Cameron by Georges Loukomski, in 1798, after he lost his Royal patronage and thus main source of income, Cameron was forced to sell some of his books to a painter called Argounov.
Catherine the Great's Architect.- Johnson (Samuel) The Works, 12 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, some light foxing and browning, contemporary continental (?Russian) binding of diced russia, gilt, gilt arms of Cameron of Lochiel to upper covers, spines gilt, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, Printed for T. Longman [&c.], 1792. ⁂ Ownership stamp of Charles Cameron A.M.I.R. on each title and the initials below the arms in gilt on each upper cover. Cameron (c.1745-1812) was a Scottish architect who had a successful career at the Imperial Court in St. Petersburg, in particular designing and decorating buildings for Catherine the Great. We have been unable to establish for certain what the designatory letters A.M.I.R. stand for, but possibly 'Architecte de sa Majeste Imperiale Russe'. Cameron's library was sold at auction in 1812 but this set is not individually listed in the catalogue, though there are several group lots of "miscellaneous volumes"; furthermore, according to a 1943 work on Cameron by Georges Loukomski, in 1798, after he lost his Royal patronage and thus main source of income, Cameron was forced to sell some of his books to a painter called Argounov.
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