Beschreibung:

Donaldson (Thomas Leverton A Collection of...Doorways, from Ancient Buildings in Greece and Italy, 26 engraved plates, contemporary ink signature at head of title, 1833; A Collection of...Doorways, from Modern Buildings in Italy and Sicily, presentation copy inscribed "Simpson Esq. Architect of Aberdeen with the author's compts." at head of title, 28 engraved plates, a few pencil annotations, 1836, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed and faded, [BAL 896 & 898], 4to ⁂ Scarce and important study of doorways by the architect described by Colvin as the "virtual founder of the R.I.B.A.", serving as its Secretary for Foreign Relations from 1839 and as President 1863-64. The first work concerns classical works, the second those of the Renaissance. Archibald Simpson (1790-1847) was the leading architect in Aberdeen during the early nineteenth century and the designer of many of its principal public buildings, many in the Greek Revival style.